housewife
美 [ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf] 
英 ['haʊs.waɪf]
词形变化
复数：housewives
英汉双解
1. | 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 |
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It follows that the housewife will also expect to be able to have more leisure in her life without lowering her standard of living.
由此而来的是，家庭主妇也将希望在不降低生活标准的同时能够在生活中获得更多的闲暇。
That housewife kept her head and telephoned the fire department immediately; otherwise the whole house might have burnt down.
那个主妇保持镇定并且立即给消防队打电话，否则，整个房子都有可能烧毁。
"In this day and age where everyone works, the housewife has become something of an anomaly with negative connotations, " says Dr. Potter.
“当今，任何人都在工作，家庭主妇已经变成带有负面含义的，有点反常的群体。”波特博士说。
"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.
“中国女性不会窝在家里照顾孩子，她们可不想断送自己的事业、专心当家庭主妇。”
A Hampshire housewife takes a bag of corks to bed with her to beat cramp. A London man claims that barrel bungs are best.
英国汉普郡有个主妇上床睡觉时带上一包软木塞来对付肌肉痉挛。有一个伦敦佬声称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.
官方范式战后女性是一个能干的，关怀的家庭主妇，谁创造了一个愉快的家，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.
漂亮男人从他妻子之姘夫的老婆那张床上爬了起来，包着头巾的主妇手持一碟醋酸，忙来忙去。
That housewife just continued on with some sort of story about her family. I knew I must be caught in such a conversation.
那位主妇只是不停地诉说她的家事，我就知道我会被拉进这样的谈话。
And that was my day . nothing glamorous . I'm "just a housewife , " as they used to say.
那是我的一天。没有迷人之处。正象他们常说的我只是一个主妇。
Last month her husband described her to journalists as a loyal housewife: "I'm really touched by her sacrifice, " he said.
上个月，她的丈夫在面对记者时，把她描述为一个忠诚的家庭主妇，他说：我为她“作出的牺牲”感动。
While he was away at college, his father, William, died; his mother, Charlotte, went to work after years of being a housewife.
在他离家上学期间，他的父亲威廉（William）过世了；他的母亲夏洛特（Charlotte）在做了多年家庭主妇后重新出来工作。
"We don't list 'mother' as an occupation . . . 'Housewife' covers it, " said the recorder emphatically.
“我们这里不把‘母亲’看成是一个职业……‘家庭主妇’就可以了。”那名记录员断然回答。
Would it be all right with you if I quit my job and stayed home to be a housewife?
如果我把工作辞掉呆在家里做个家庭主妇，你同意吗？
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年来，我一直是个家庭主妇和母亲，而今为了养家，不得不丢下孩子们，来到一个美军基地。
A housewife in her late thirties , mother of two children, had an indefinite complaint about the indoor air quality of her house.
一位年过三十且为两位孩子之妈，对其房屋之室内空气品质有抱怨。
if you want to be a housewife, he might have a busy career.
如果你想做家庭主妇，他可能会业务繁忙。
Walter is killing himself earning his salary so that she can stay home all day and be a mad housewife.
沃尔特在累死累活地挣钱养家，这样子帕蒂就可以成天呆在家里，做她的疯狂主妇。
He did not talk much longer to this cheering housewife, and walked home with not very brisk step.
他没有同这位爱说话的主妇多谈，而是迈着有气无力的步子走回家去。
You're a bored housewife trying to kill time between spin class and driving your kid to soccer practice.
你不过是个无聊的家庭妇女，一会儿健身一会儿送孩子上足球课，来这儿纯粹是消磨时间
"I'm just standing here, watching you pretend like you're a little housewife, " he said, fondly.
他怜爱地说，“我只是站在这里，看你假装你是一位可爱的家庭主妇。”
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来朝夕相处时看见的那个模样，并不是一个善于持家的贤惠的主妇，而是一个婷婷玉立的少女。
A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning.
一个聪明的主妇被告知有一种火炉，仅仅只燃烧一半的煤炭当它燃烧时。
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个温柔、体贴和贤慧的主妇。
"I'm just a housewife with two kids, " Nikki (real name Nigar Jamal) said at the press conference afterwards.
“我只是一个有两个孩子的家庭主妇，”Nikki（真名Nigar贾马尔）在记者招待会上说，事后。
Saori, another housewife, explains thatHappening Bars have become a weekly destination for her.
另外一个家庭主妇，纱织说“情色酒吧”现在已成为她每周必去的地方。
Nine out of ten Originators, for whom we have information about their mother, had a creative housewife mother who encouraged education.
我们有10名发起者中9人母亲的信息，他们都有富有创造力的母亲，鼓励教育。
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来朝夕相处时看见的那个模样，并不是一个善于持家的贤惠的主妇，而是一个婷婷玉立的少女。
The American housewife probably goes shopping only once or twice a week.
美国家庭主妇可能一星期只购物一、二次。
Any working housewife with a family to feed knows where the shoe pinches without studying cost of living indexes.
任何一个操持家庭的主妇，不研究生活费指数也都知道生活的难处。
Fitzpiers did not talk much longer to this cheering housewife, and walked home with no very brisk step.
菲茨比尔斯再没有同这位爱说话的主妇多谈，迈着有气无力的步子走回家去。
a government staff became a part-time housewife to take care of his children while his wife was watching DBSK' live concert in Korea.
某政府职员因为妻子去韩国看东方神起演唱会而成了需要照顾上初中和小学的子女的兼职主妇。
April is the housewife, while Frank goes out to make money at a Manhattan-based machinery firm called Knox, working in sales and marketing.
爱波是家庭主妇，法兰克则在曼哈顿诺克斯机械公司行销部工作。
I am willing to be a good housewife even if I always enjoy modern point of view.
虽然我崇尚前卫思想，可我愿意做个好主妇呢。
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仅够维持生活的小职员，女主人公德拉是一位贤惠善良的主妇。
It would be much harder if I was a housewife in the country.
在这个国家，如果我是家庭主妇，那日子就更艰难了。
The American housewife probtummyly goes shopping only once or twice a week.
美国度庭主妇大概一星期只购物一、二次。
They sponsored drama series on radio, and later television, designed for the suburban housewife, known as soap operas.
他们在广播上连续赞助戏剧，之后在电视上，设计那种乡下的家庭主妇，后来称之为肥皂剧。
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.
在每个主妇的衣柜里，都有一件衣服会告诉你它主人更多的事情，比她们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 " ?
当作者常说“许多事情都依靠家庭主妇”时，你认为他是什么意思？
if you and him to become a housewife after marriage, he will always keep you must express perfunctory's "concern" and monitoring.
假使你与他结婚后成为家庭主妇，他也一定会经常对你表示不痛不痒的“关切”和监控。
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过于做好一个家庭主妇和母亲，如果你对此不感兴趣的话就别强迫自己。
