mamma

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other […] Thus, to take an extreme case, the mammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield milk: there are various cases of gynecomasty on record, and in famines infants whose mothers have died have been thus saved.
  2. Alternative spelling of mama. alt-of,alternative
    — The Ideas of the Nurſe, and the Mother, are vvell framed in their Minds; and, like Pictures of them there, repreſent only thoſe Individuals. The Names they firſt give to them, are confined to theſe Individuals; and the names of Nurſe, and Mamma, the Child uſes, determine themſelves to thoſe Perſons.
  3. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
动词 v.
  1. Alternative spelling of mama. alt-of,alternative,transitive,uncommon
    — Priſc[illa] vvill Mamma-up Mrs. Sinclair, and vvill undertake to court her guardian to let her paſs a delightful vveek vvith her.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Alternative spelling of mama. alt-of,alternative
    — He do n't do a thing in the world except travel around with some more o' them handy boys and lay for jack-pots. And the talk he gives you! Mamma! He 's better 'n any o' them shell-workers that used to graft out at the gover'ment pier.

词形变化

mammae plural mammas plural mammas plural mammas present,singular,third-person mammaing participle,present mammaed participle,past mammaed past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin mammalbor.
English mamma
Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.
词源 2
Variant of mama.
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