mammy

英 [ˈmæmi]

美 [ˈmæmi]

n.  妈; 妈妈; 黑人保姆(旧时美国南方各州对照看白人孩子的黑人女子的贬称)

复数：mammies　

BNC.28380 / COCA.26273

牛津词典

noun

• 妈；妈妈
  mother
• 黑人保姆（旧时美国南方各州对照看白人孩子的黑人女子的贬称）
  an offensive word used in the past in the southern states of the US for a black woman who cared for a white family's children

柯林斯词典

• (英国某些地区的方言)妈妈
  In some dialects of English,mammyis used to mean mother.

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for a mother
  Synonym:mamamamammamommommamommymummummy
• an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

双语例句

• Many are down with cold. She is down with la grippe and so is her cook. Mammy, I'm so glad you are here.
  很多人患感冒病倒了。她在患流行性感冒，她家的厨子也病倒了。
• What's a good choice, mammy!
  这是个多好的选择呀，妈咪！
• Mammy will be there and aunt melly.
  嬷嬷和媚兰姑姑都在那里。
• Take him into the bedroom, Mammy, lay him out on the bed as usual.
  奶妈，把他带进卧室去，像往常一样把他放在床上。
• She had been Ellen's mammy and had come with her from Savannah to the up-country when she married.
  她曾经做过爱伦的嬷嬷，后来爱伦结婚时跟着她从萨凡纳来到了内地。
• Don't you think it be nice if you bought something for Mammy, too?
  如果给奶妈也买点礼物，你不会觉得更好吗？
• Mammy used to hold her over my head whenever I was naughty.
  以前我只要一淘气，嬷嬷就拿她来警戒我。
• In mammy, Scarlett had found a realist more uncompromising than herself.
  思嘉发现嬷嬷是个比她自己更不妥协的现实主义者。
• She's my Mammy. She's a nurse.
  她是我的妈妈。她是个护士。
• With daddy and mammy standing by. don't cry.
  在爸爸和妈妈陪着你时。