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
- an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
双语例句
- What I didn't know was when I shot mammy, what will happen to me.
我不知道的是如果我对她开枪的话,我会怎么样。 - 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。 - 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。 - He knew mammy had never liked his stepfather.
他知道嬷嬷一向不喜欢他这位继父。 - Rhett, who had listened to the talk, gave mammy the money and patted her arm.
瑞德听见了那次谈话,他给了嬷嬷路费,并拍了拍她的臂膀。 - And Mammy was hardly polite to him.
而嬷嬷对他却不怎么客气。 - The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
当嬷嬷的笨重身躯一步步来到门口时,仿佛楼道都震得颤抖了。 - Did you see her, mammy? Wasn't she wonderful?
你看到了?她是不是很了不起吗? - Again the tears began to fall but this time mammy did not even wipe them away.
嬷嬷又开始在流泪,不过这一次她索性不擦了。 - He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。