mammy
- IPA[ˈmami]
英式
- a child's word for their mother;(formerly in the southern United States) a black nursemaid or nanny in charge of white children.
noun: mammy, plural noun: mammies
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a child's word for their mother he was screaming for his mammy
- ▪ (formerly in the southern United States) a black nursemaid or nanny in charge of white children.
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- IPA[ˈmamē]
美式
- one's mother (especially as a child's word): he was screaming for his mammy
Oxford American Dictionary