中文翻译与英英解释

1.(pl. housewives) 主妇。
2.(pl. house-wifes , house-wives ) 针线盒。

a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
同义词：homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house,

A housewife is a woman whose main occupation is running or managing the family's home?caring for and educating her children, cooking and storing food, buying goods the family needs in day to day life, cleaning and maintaining the home, making clothes for the family, etc.?and who is generally not employed outside the home.

例句与用法

The cleverest housewife can 't cook a meal without rice .
巧妇难为无米之炊。

She was a housewife of experience .
她是一个有经验的主妇。

She is a prudent housewife .
她是一个节俭的家庭主妇。

His mother is a housewife .
他的母亲是一个家庭主妇。

She 's a bad housewife .
她不善于当家庭主妇。

Attention all shipping , motorists and housewives .
所有船舶、机动车驾驶员、家庭主妇请注意。

I told him i must housewife the money he had lent me .
我对他说我必须要节省着用他借给我的钱。

This factory was started around 1980 by housewives .
这家工厂是在一九八年由一些家庭妇女搞起来的。

She is a housewife -- when she is not teaching english , that is .
她是个家庭主妇是指她不教英语的时候。

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。