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mammy

/ˈmæm.i/

翻译: 历史上指美国南部黑人保姆或奶妈,现被视为冒犯性和过时的称呼;非正式场合也用来指母亲。

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词语关系

noun

/ˈmæm.i/formalamerican已废弃
  • zh历史上指美国南部黑人保姆或奶妈,现被视为冒犯性和过时的称呼;非正式场合也用来指母亲。

A noun that historically referred to a Black nursemaid in the southern United States, now considered offensive and outdated. It was also used informally to mean mother.

  1. Offensive historical termC2informalamerican

    A derogatory and outdated term for a Black woman who worked as a nursemaid or domestic servant in the southern United States, particularly during the slavery and Jim Crow eras. This term is now considered highly offensive and racist.

    zh侮辱性历史术语

    • The character of the 'mammy' in old films is a harmful racial stereotype.
    • Historians now criticize the use of the term 'mammy' as it perpetuates a racist caricature.
    • The term 'mammy' is deeply offensive and should not be used today.
  2. Informal term for motherA2informalbritish

    An informal, often affectionate term used in some dialects and regions to refer to one's mother.

    zh妈妈

    • I'm going to visit my mammy this weekend.
    • Mammy, can I have some more dinner?
    • My mammy always made the best soup.

    同义词mammamamommommymummummy

词形
  • mammies plural form
  • mammies' possessive plural form
  • mammy's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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