mammy
mammy
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- (informal)one's mother (especially as a child's word)
(非正式)妈咪（尤为儿语）
he was screaming for his mammy.
他尖叫着要妈咪。
■(offensive)(formerly in the southern United States) a black nursemaid or nanny in charge of white children
(冒犯)（旧时美国南部照看白人孩子的）黑人保姆
- early 16th cent.: from mam + -y; compare with mommy and mummy
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