Word · Frequency #17471
mammas
妈妈
mammas is the plural of mamma.
informal term for a mother
非正式用语
- 1.
The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
雌性人类和其他哺乳动物分泌乳汁的器官,包括乳腺和乳头；乳房；乳腺。
- 2.
An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
外观似乳房的附属云,可形成于多数云属的底部。
乳房；雌性人类和其他哺乳动物分泌乳汁的器官,包括乳腺和乳头；乳房；乳腺。；外观似乳房的附属云,可形成于多数云属的底部。；乳房；[医] 乳房
In use
The little girl ran to her mamma and hugged her tightly.
Mamma, can you help me find my blue socks?
She waved goodbye to her mamma at the school gate.
sb's mamma
mamma 在此表示“母亲”，是较老派、亲昵的口语说法；现代英语更常用 mom 或 mum。
She wrote a letter to her mamma.
她给妈妈写了一封信。
the mamma
此义为解剖学或医学术语，指乳腺器官；复数形式常用 mammae。
The mamma enlarges during pregnancy.
乳房在怀孕期间会增大。
Common mistakes
A dolphin is a mamma, not a fish.A dolphin is a mammal, not a fish.
这里将“哺乳动物”误写成 mamma；mamma 意为“妈妈”或“乳房”，而 mammal 才是“哺乳动物”。应改成 mammal 以表达正确含义。
Connections
Collocations
- mamma's boy
- 离不开妈妈的人；妈宝男
- At thirty, he is still a mamma's boy who calls his mother every hour.他三十岁了，仍然是个妈宝男，每小时都要给妈妈打电话。
- mamma bear
- 熊妈妈；护崽心切的妈妈
- If you tease her kids, you'll have to deal with a mamma bear.你要是逗她的孩子，就得应付一位护崽心切的妈妈。
- mamma knows best
- 妈妈最清楚；妈妈最懂
- I know you don't want to, but mamma knows best.我知道你不想，但妈妈最清楚。
- supernumerary mamma
- 副乳；多余乳房
- A supernumerary mamma may develop along the embryonic milk line.副乳可能沿着胚胎期乳线形成。
Idioms & figurative uses
- mamma's boy
- 妈宝男（指过分依恋母亲的男人）He's twenty-five and still a mamma's boy, always asking his mother what to do.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：婴儿吃奶时喊“mā ma”，mamma既指妈妈，也指哺乳的乳房，读音很像中文“妈妈”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：家庭称呼、儿语、日常口语 mamma 作“妈妈”讲时是 informal 用法，多用于家庭生活或儿童称呼长辈，语气亲昵；在现代英语中不如 mom 或 mum 常用，可能带有些许过时或亲昵的色彩。
Grammar Note
非正式用语；作“妈妈”义常见于口语，作“乳房”义带医学术语色彩。复数形式为 mammas 或 mammae。
Pronunciation & Spelling
按英式读音 /ˈmɑːmə/，llama、drama、karma 与其押韵；comma 在英式英语读 /ˈkɒmə/，mama 读 /məˈmɑː/，虽然拼写相似，但发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.