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

• 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。
• All right, mammy. I'll teach her to ride sidesaddle.
  好的，我就教她骑女用马鞍吧！
• 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。
• He knew mammy had never liked his stepfather.
  他知道嬷嬷一向不喜欢他这位继父。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
  他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。