housewife是什么意思？

housewife

英[ˈhaʊswaɪf] 美[ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf]

• n. 家庭主妇，家庭妇女；

复数：housewives;

形容词：housewifely;

例句

• She typifies the bored housewife. 她是那种百无聊赖的家庭主妇的典型.
• The housewife crushes out juice from oranges. 那个家庭主妇常榨柳橙汁.
• She feels penned by her life as a housewife. 她觉得做家庭主妇很受束缚.
• The foot on the cradle, the hand on the distaff, a sign of good housewife. 脚踩摇篮手纺纱, 一定是个好当家.
• The cleverest housewife can't cook a meal without rice. 巧妇难为无米之炊.
• If he came for chinaware, he must be the housewife. 如果他是来买瓷器的, 他一定是个家庭主妇.
• ...a 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane. 来自布里斯班的42岁家庭主妇
• She seemed less like a poetess than a distracted housewife. 她似乎不像个女诗人，更像一个心烦意乱的家庭主妇。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  家庭主妇;家庭妇女
  A housewife is a married woman who does not have a paid job, but instead looks after her home and children.
  例句
  ...a 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane. 来自布里斯班的42岁家庭主妇

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a wife who who manages a household while her husband earns the family income