housewife
美 [?ha?s?wa?f] 
英 ['ha?s.wa?f]
詞形變化
復數：housewives
英漢雙解
1. | 主婦；家庭婦女a woman who stays at home to cook, clean, take care of the children, etc. while her husband or partner goes out to work |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
It follows that the housewife will also expect to be able to have more leisure in her life without lowering her standard of living.
由此而來的是，家庭主婦也將希望在不降低生活標準的同時能夠在生活中獲得更多的閑暇。
That housewife kept her head and telephoned the fire department immediately; otherwise the whole house might have burnt down.
那個主婦保持鎮定并且立即給消防隊打電話，否則，整個房子都有可能燒毀。
"In this day and age where everyone works, the housewife has become something of an anomaly with negative connotations, " says Dr. Potter.
“當今，任何人都在工作，家庭主婦已經變成帶有負面含義的，有點反常的群體。”波特博士說。
"Women will not stay at home to look after children. Chinese women do not want to stop their career just to be a housewife, " she says.
“中國女性不會窩在家里照顧孩子，她們可不想斷送自己的事業、專心當家庭主婦。”
A Hampshire housewife takes a bag of corks to bed with her to beat cramp. A London man claims that barrel bungs are best.
英國漢普郡有個主婦上床睡覺時帶上一包軟木塞來對付肌肉痙攣。有一個倫敦佬聲稱木桶的塞子效果最好。
The official paradigm of post-war womanhood was a capable, caring housewife who created a happy home for her husband and children.
官方范式戰后女性是一個能干的，關懷的家庭主婦，誰創造了一個愉快的家，她的丈夫和孩子。
Belluomo rises from the BED of his wife's lover's wife, the kerchiefed housewife is astir, a saucer of acetic acid in her hands.
漂亮男人從他妻子之姘夫的老婆那張床上爬了起來，包著頭巾的主婦手持一碟醋酸，忙來忙去。
That housewife just continued on with some sort of story about her family. I knew I must be caught in such a conversation.
那位主婦只是不停地訴說她的家事，我就知道我會被拉進這樣的談話。
And that was my day . nothing glamorous . I'm "just a housewife , " as they used to say.
那是我的一天。沒有迷人之處。正象他們常說的我只是一個主婦。
Last month her husband described her to journalists as a loyal housewife: "I'm really touched by her sacrifice, " he said.
上個月，她的丈夫在面對記者時，把她描述為一個忠誠的家庭主婦，他說：我為她“作出的犧牲”感動。
While he was away at college, his father, William, died; his mother, Charlotte, went to work after years of being a housewife.
在他離家上學期間，他的父親威廉（William）過世了；他的母親夏洛特（Charlotte）在做了多年家庭主婦后重新出來工作。
"We don't list 'mother' as an occupation . . . 'Housewife' covers it, " said the recorder emphatically.
“我們這里不把‘母親’看成是一個職業……‘家庭主婦’就可以了。”那名記錄員斷然回答。
Would it be all right with you if I quit my job and stayed home to be a housewife?
如果我把工作辭掉呆在家里做個家庭主婦，你同意嗎？
I had been a housewife and mother for 17 years. To feed my family, I had to leave my children behind and move to an American army base.
17年來，我一直是個家庭主婦和母親，而今為了養家，不得不丟下孩子們，來到一個美軍基地。
A housewife in her late thirties , mother of two children, had an indefinite complaint about the indoor air quality of her house.
一位年過三十且為兩位孩子之媽，對其房屋之室內空氣品質有抱怨。
if you want to be a housewife, he might have a busy career.
如果你想做家庭主婦，他可能會業務繁忙。
Walter is killing himself earning his salary so that she can stay home all day and be a mad housewife.
沃爾特在累死累活地掙錢養家，這樣子帕蒂就可以成天呆在家里，做她的瘋狂主婦。
He did not talk much longer to this cheering housewife, and walked home with not very brisk step.
他沒有同這位愛說話的主婦多談，而是邁著有氣無力的步子走回家去。
You're a bored housewife trying to kill time between spin class and driving your kid to soccer practice.
你不過是個無聊的家庭婦女，一會兒健身一會兒送孩子上足球課，來這兒純粹是消磨時間
"I'm just standing here, watching you pretend like you're a little housewife, " he said, fondly.
他憐愛地說，“我只是站在這里，看你假裝你是一位可愛的家庭主婦。”
But not as he had known her for many years, not as the good domestic housewife, but as a young girl with a slim figure.
他看到的并不是他多年來朝夕相處時看見的那個模樣，并不是一個善于持家的賢惠的主婦，而是一個婷婷玉立的少女。
A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning.
一個聰明的主婦被告知有一種火爐，僅僅只燃燒一半的煤炭當它燃燒時。
It was all designed to soften her image, to give her the appeal of a cosy housewife.
目的是把她塑造成一個溫柔、體貼和賢慧的主婦。
"I'm just a housewife with two kids, " Nikki (real name Nigar Jamal) said at the press conference afterwards.
“我只是一個有兩個孩子的家庭主婦，”Nikki（真名Nigar賈馬爾）在記者招待會上說，事后。
Saori, another housewife, explains thatHappening Bars have become a weekly destination for her.
另外一個家庭主婦，紗織說“情色酒吧”現在已成為她每周必去的地方。
Nine out of ten Originators, for whom we have information about their mother, had a creative housewife mother who encouraged education.
我們有10名發起者中9人母親的信息，他們都有富有創造力的母親，鼓勵教育。
But not as he had known her for many years, not as the good domestic housewife, but as a young girl with a slim figure.
他看到的并不是他多年來朝夕相處時看見的那個模樣，并不是一個善于持家的賢惠的主婦，而是一個婷婷玉立的少女。
The American housewife probably goes shopping only once or twice a week.
美國家庭主婦可能一星期只購物一、二次。
Any working housewife with a family to feed knows where the shoe pinches without studying cost of living indexes.
任何一個操持家庭的主婦，不研究生活費指數也都知道生活的難處。
Fitzpiers did not talk much longer to this cheering housewife, and walked home with no very brisk step.
菲茨比爾斯再沒有同這位愛說話的主婦多談，邁著有氣無力的步子走回家去。
a government staff became a part-time housewife to take care of his children while his wife was watching DBSK' live concert in Korea.
某政府職員因為妻子去韓國看東方神起演唱會而成了需要照顧上初中和小學的子女的兼職主婦。
April is the housewife, while Frank goes out to make money at a Manhattan-based machinery firm called Knox, working in sales and marketing.
愛波是家庭主婦，法蘭克則在曼哈頓諾克斯機械公司行銷部工作。
I am willing to be a good housewife even if I always enjoy modern point of view.
雖然我崇尚前衛思想，可我愿意做個好主婦呢。
Jim male player salary is barely enough to maintain a small staff of life, the heroine Alexandra Xian-hui is a good housewife.
男主人公吉姆是一位薪金僅夠維持生活的小職員，女主人公德拉是一位賢惠善良的主婦。
It would be much harder if I was a housewife in the country.
在這個國家，如果我是家庭主婦，那日子就更艱難了。
The American housewife probtummyly goes shopping only once or twice a week.
美國度庭主婦大概一星期只購物一、二次。
They sponsored drama series on radio, and later television, designed for the suburban housewife, known as soap operas.
他們在廣播上連續贊助戲劇，之后在電視上，設計那種鄉下的家庭主婦，后來稱之為肥皂劇。
In every housewife's closet, there's an article of clothing that tells you more about its owner than she would want you to know.
在每個主婦的衣柜里，都有一件衣服會告訴你它主人更多的事情，比她們想要你知道的了解更多。
What do you think the author means when he says "much depends upon the housewife " ?
當作者常說“許多事情都依靠家庭主婦”時，你認為他是什么意思？
if you and him to become a housewife after marriage, he will always keep you must express perfunctory's "concern" and monitoring.
假使你與他結婚后成為家庭主婦，他也一定會經常對你表示不痛不癢的“關切”和監控。
Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it.
世界上最重大的工作莫過于做好一個家庭主婦和母親，如果你對此不感興趣的話就別強迫自己。
