Housewife
['haʊswaɪf] or ['haʊs'waɪf]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income.
德布斯錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
(n.) A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy.
(n.) A hussy.
(v. t.) Alt. of Housewive
手打:托德
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Mistress of a family.[2]. Huswife, female economist, thrifty woman.
錄入:纳塔莉亚
例句/造句/用法:
- This made it very difficult for the housewife to serve the breakfast hot, and particularly the toast, which is a favorite dish of our breakfast table. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Every housewife knows that if a kettle is filled with cold water to begin with, there will be an overflow as soon as the water becomes heated. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A good housewife is of necessity a humbug; and Cornelia's husband was hoodwinked, as Potiphar was--only in a different way. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Little Dorrit gladly put it by her side, took out her little pocket-housewife, threaded the needle, and began to hem. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Thus, with modern appliances, the housewife operates them at high, medium or low to suit her desires. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But no housewife dare classify the cat and the tiger, the dog and the fox, as the same kind of animal. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- If all the food we eat were utilized for energy, the housewife could cook less, and the housefather could save money on grocer's and butcher's bills. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- You know he says he can make a better cup of tea than any housewife can. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Most of us are familiar with the rain barrel of the country house, and know that the housewife prefers rain water for laundry and general work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Electric irons are particularly valuable in summer, because they eliminate the necessity for a strong fire, and spare the housewife intense heat. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Mrs. Whimple, said Herbert, when I told him so, is the best of housewives, and I really do not know what my Clara would do without her motherly help. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Before the housewives could rest, several people called, and there was a scramble to get ready to see them. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Some thrifty housewives economize by utilizing the cooling effects of evaporation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Others are used by newsboys, egg farmers, housewives, undertakers, dentists, judges in automobile races, and by persons in a thousand different lines of business. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
編輯:洛娜