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. 不久前她還是個皮包骨頭的黑小妞，穿著簡單的短裙，扎著呆板的發(fā)辮，如今儼然一派保姆的模樣，穿著印花布的連衣長裙，戴著漿洗得硬挺的雪白頭巾。
