...a 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane.是什么意思？

...a 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane.

来自布里斯班的42岁家庭主妇

housewife

n. 家庭主妇，家庭妇女；

例句
...a 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane.
来自布里斯班的42岁家庭主妇

from

prep. （表示时间）从…，（表示原因）因为，（表示来源）来自…，（表示分离）与…分离[隔开]；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

Brisbane

布里斯班（澳大利亚东部港市）（昆士兰州首府）；

例句
Queensland heroin users will be able to detoxify rapidly on Naltrexone after a two-year clinical trial of the controversial drug begins in Brisbane this week.
本周开始在布里斯班对纳曲酮这种存有争议的药物进行为期两年的临床试验，之后昆士兰的海洛因吸食者将能够借助这种药物快速戒毒。