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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - What's a good choice, mammy!
这是个多好的选择呀,妈咪! - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - Mammy will be there and aunt melly.
嬷嬷和媚兰姑姑都在那里。