| 释义 |
‖ mama-san|mamasan|
Also mamasan.
[Jap., f. mama mother + san honorific title.]
In Japan and the Far East, a matron in a position of authority: spec. one in charge of a geisha-house; the mistress of a bar.
1949L. H. Crockett Popcorn on Ginza xvi. 218 Mama⁓sans of some of the better Tokyo houses become well informed on all sorts of political intrigue. 1958G. Mikes East is East 56 ‘Mamasan’ is not surprised if someone wishes to linger late in one of those tiny little Japanese houses where the parties take place. 1962A. Campbell Heart of Japan iv. 113 The mama-san wanted us all to go home... A geisha party isn't supposed to go on more than three hours. 1968Manch. Guardian Weekly 4 Jan. 10 We were visited by two enormous Sumo wrestlers, with their equally large Mama-San. 1971Nat. Geographic Oct. 571/2 The representative bars have an institutional figure called ‘mama-san’, a matronly, amiable, garrulous, and straightforward woman who permits the sailors to fraternize with any of a covey of young ladies. |