| 释义 |
mah|mɑː, unstressed mə|
var. my poss. adj.
Common in written Black English. Cf. ma s.v. my poss. adj.
1933J. M. Brewer in Publ. Texas Folklore Soc. XI. 101 Yuh kin sow in mah fiel' ef yuh wants to. 1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. i. 31 Nobody don't want to buy mah ole rusty toe. 1938C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 168 Mah belly feels lak mah throat wus cut. 1953S. A. Brown in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 41/2 Ah wuz settin' in de do' wid mah pipe. 1966E. Bullins Theme is Blackness (1973) 25 Now, brothers and mah good sisters, now are we really honest? 1966M. Thelwell in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 141 Ah kno-o-ows in mah heart she would. 1968Esquire Apr. 88/2 To those so blessed as to have had bestowed upon them at birth the lifetime gift of soul, these are the most communicative and meaningful sounds..: the familiar ‘mah’ instead of ‘my’. |