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ma

noun
🔊/mɑː/
🔊/mɑː/
 (informal)
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  1. mother母亲；妈妈；妈
    • I'm going now, Ma.妈，我走啦。🔊🔊
    • ‘I want my ma,’ sobbed the little girl.小女孩抽泣着说：“我要妈妈。”🔊🔊
    Topics Family and relationshipsc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: abbreviation of mama.

MA

noun
🔊/ˌem ˈeɪ/
🔊/ˌem ˈeɪ/
(British English)
(North American English M.A.)
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  1. a second university degree in an arts subject, or, in Scotland, a first university degree in an arts subject (the abbreviation for ‘Master of Arts’) 文科硕士（全写为 Master of Arts，大学文科中的中级学位，或苏格兰大学文科中的初级学位）
    • to be/have/do an MA成为文科硕士；有／攻读文科硕士学位
    • (British English) Julie Bell MA文科硕士朱莉 · 贝尔
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMA is used before these nouns:
    • degree
    • thesis
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