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

• He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
  他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。
• With daddy and mammy standing by. don't cry.
  在爸爸和妈妈陪着你时。
• My mammy used to love this song when I was just a tiny young girl.
  当我还是个小姑娘时，我妈妈就老爱哼唱这首歌。
• 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？
• And Mammy was hardly polite to him.
  而嬷嬷对他却不怎么客气。
• What's a good choice, mammy!
  这是个多好的选择呀，妈咪！
• 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。
• Mammy will be there and aunt melly.
  嬷嬷和媚兰姑姑都在那里。
• Mammy threw me out, I'm afraid.
  恐怕妈妈把我赶出来了。
• The trees were killed off by the severe winter. He came out of his mammy in a field hand's cabin one sharp winter.
  严冬把树木一棵一棵地都冻死了。一个严寒的冬天，他的妈妈在一个干农活的黑奴住的小屋里，生下了他。