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单词 amah
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•mah  (ä′mə, am′ə),USA pronunciation n. (in India and the Far East)
  1. British Empirea baby's nurse, esp. a wet nurse.
  2. British Empirea female servant;
    maid.
  • Medieval Latin amma wet nurse, perh. alteration of Latin mamma breast
  • Portuguese ama nurse, governess
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amah /ˈɑːmə; ˈæmə/ n
  1. (in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin
Etymology: 19th Century: from Portuguese ama nurse, wet nurse
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