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单词 mummy
释义

mum·my

noun
/ˈmʌmi/
/ˈmʌmi/
(plural mummies)
  1. (British English)
    (North American English mommy, momma)
    (informal) a child’s word for a mother(儿语)妈咪
    • ‘I want my mummy!’ he wailed.他哭叫着:“我要妈妈!”
    • It hurts, Mummy!妈妈,疼!
    • Mummy and Daddy will be back soon.妈妈爸爸就要回来了。
    see also yummy mummyTopics Family and relationshipsa2
  2. a body of a human or an animal that has been mummified木乃伊;经处理保存的人体或动物干尸
    • an Egyptian mummy一具埃及木乃伊
    Topics Historyc2
  3. Word Originsense 1 late 18th cent.: perhaps an alteration of earlier mammy.sense 2 late Middle English (denoting a substance taken from embalmed bodies and used in medicines): from French momie, from medieval Latin mumia and Arabic mūmiyā ‘embalmed body’, perhaps from Persian mūm ‘wax’.
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