n.黑人的小孩;小孩子
Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair. 不久前她还是个皮包骨头的黑小妞,穿着简单的短裙,扎着呆板的发辫,如今俨然一派保姆的模样,穿着印花布的连衣长裙,戴着浆洗得硬挺的雪白头巾。