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

• Would you like to come back with me till your mammy comes home?
  你妈回来前，你想跟着我吗？
• Mammy will be there and aunt melly.
  嬷嬷和媚兰姑姑都在那里。
• Frankie, why don't you ask your mammy?
  弗兰基，你未何不问你妈妈？
• Mammy threw me out, I'm afraid.
  恐怕妈妈把我赶出来了。
• What's a good choice, mammy!
  这是个多好的选择呀，妈咪！
• All right, mammy. I'll teach her to ride sidesaddle.
  好的，我就教她骑女用马鞍吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• You ain't holding that against old Mammy, is you?
  你不会因为那个而对一个老奶妈生我气吧？
• It was this refusal of food that worried Ellen and mammy more than anything else.
  就是这种拒不吃饭的态度使母亲和嬷嬷急得不行。