"mammies" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 黑人奶媽（歷史用語,美國）- 媽咪（過時,方言）

Definition

“Mammies”是“mammy”的複數，原指“母親”或，在美國歷史語境中，指在奴隸制和種族隔離時期照顧白人兒童的黑人女性。現今多被視為過時且具冒犯性的詞。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Mammy”與美國奴隸制和刻板印象有關，現今大多被視為過時甚至冒犯。在部分地區曾是母親的暱稱，現已少用。僅建議用於歷史或文學語境中。

Examples

Many old movies show mammies taking care of children.

許多老電影中可以看到**mammies**照顧孩子。

The word mammies is not used much anymore.

“**mammies**”這個詞現在已經很少用了。

Some books describe the lives of mammies in the past.

有些書描寫了過去**mammies**的生活。

It's important to understand why the image of mammies is controversial today.

瞭解現在為什麼**mammies**的形象有爭議很重要。

Growing up in Ireland, some people called their mothers mammies, but that's rare now.

在愛爾蘭長大時，有些人會叫媽媽為**mammies**，但現在很少了。

When discussing history, teachers sometimes explain who the mammies were in the southern U.S.

講歷史時，老師有時會解釋美國南部曾有的**mammies**是誰。