housewife

英 [ˈhaʊswaɪf]

美 [ˈhaʊswaɪf]

n.  主妇; 家庭妇女

复数：housewives　

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Collins.1 / BNC.5741 / COCA.8592

牛津词典

noun

• 主妇；家庭妇女
  a woman who stays at home to cook, clean, take care of the children, etc. while her husband or partner goes out to work

柯林斯词典

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

英英释义

noun

• a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
  Synonym:homemakerlady of the housewoman of the house

双语例句

• I'm a full-time housewife.
  我是全职的家庭主妇。
• I was a housewife and mother of two small children.
  我是一个家庭主妇和两个幼儿的母亲。
• She's a bad housewife.
  她不善于当家庭主妇。
• 324. The mouse's tearing the blouse and trousers aroused the housewife's anger.
  324.老鼠撕咬短衫和裤子激起了主妇的怒火。
• There, she became a happy housewife, because of the love life of the jos.
  在那里，她成了一个快乐的家庭主妇，因为有了生命中最爱的荷西。
• Whether I'm a housewife or not is my business.
  我是否是个家庭主妇是我自己的事情。
• He lived with his engineer father, housewife mother, sister and brother in Barcelona.
  他和他的工程师父亲、家庭主妇母亲以及兄弟姐妹一起住在巴塞罗那。
• My father is a worker, my mother is a housewife.
  我父亲是个工人，我母亲是个家庭主妇。
• My mother is a housewife and my father is retired.
  我妈妈是家庭妇女，我爸爸退休了。
• His mother was a housewife.
  他的母亲是个家庭主妇。