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

• With daddy and mammy standing by. don't cry.
  在爸爸和妈妈陪着你时。
• 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。
• He knew mammy had never liked his stepfather.
  他知道嬷嬷一向不喜欢他这位继父。
• Hey, you go to school for your mammy.
  喂，你要为妈咪去上学。
• And Mammy was hardly polite to him.
  而嬷嬷对他却不怎么客气。
• 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？
• 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？
• What's a good choice, mammy!
  这是个多好的选择呀，妈咪！
• Mammy had always been wade's mainstay and her frown made him tremble.
  嬷嬷一向是喜欢他并给他撑腰的，现在她一皱眉，韦德就发抖了。
• Mammy will be there and aunt melly.
  嬷嬷和媚兰姑姑都在那里。