housewife
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 主妇，家庭妇女
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 houswyf
词源说明
From Middle English houswyf, housewif, huswijf, equivalent to house + wife; a doublet of hussy, which it was long distinguished from and displaced due to gradual negative connotation (see Online Etymology Dictionary entry). Cognate with West Frisian húswiif, Dutch huiswijf, German Low German Huuswief, German Hausweib.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
- (plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
- (plural "housewifes") A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
- (plural "housewives", obsolete) A worthless woman; a hussy.