中英互译
housewife
英 /ˈhaʊswaɪf/美 /ˈhaʊswaɪf/
基本释义
- n.家庭主妇
复数housewives
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双语例句
- I hated the label 'housewife'.我不喜欢“家庭主妇”这个称谓。来自《牛津词典》
- Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task.做母亲和家庭主妇有时使人觉得好像是个受累不讨好的差使。来自《牛津词典》
- Married at nineteen, she was a traditional housewife and mother of four children.她19岁就结婚了,是个传统的家庭主妇和4个孩子的母亲。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- The Happy Housewife片
- desperate housewife绝望主妇;绝望的主妇;剧情好看;疯狂主妇
- Bad Housewife不良主妇日记;何在旭;不良主妇
- American housewife美国主妇
- a lazy housewife一个懒惰的家庭主妇
词语扩展
n.
adj.
housewifely主妇们的;节俭的
词义分布
家庭主妇
53.6%
主妇
41.6%
家庭妇女
4.1%
针线盒
0.6%
英英释义
- n.a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
- n.a woman who does not have a paid job, but spends most of her time looking after her house and family
家庭主妇- Sarah's a housewife and mother of four children.萨拉是一名家庭主妇,是一位有四个孩子的母亲。
词源
- housewife家庭主妇比喻用法。
- housewife家庭主妇词根词缀: house房子 + wife妻子
- housewife家庭主妇wife的本意是与man相对的女人,所以词源角度讲,housewife实际是“家里的女人”,与husband(家里的男人,-band是the dwelling one)相对。两个单词可以证明: woman: ['wʊmən] n.妇女;女性;成年女子,实际是wife-man,即女人。 midwife: ['mɪdwaɪf] n.助产士。