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

• Mammy, I want some hot water.
  奶妈，给我弄一点热水。
• He's my Dady. She's my Mammy.
  他是我的爸爸。她是我的妈妈。
• Mammy threw me out, I'm afraid.
  恐怕妈妈把我赶出来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• In mammy, Scarlett had found a realist more uncompromising than herself.
  思嘉发现嬷嬷是个比她自己更不妥协的现实主义者。