| 釋義 |
huswifen.
1.housewife,woman who manages a household 家庭主婦。
△As.4.3.28 (27):“She has a huswife’s hand，”i.e. the hand of a hard-working woman. 她的手是操勞女人的手。
△Rom.4.2.44 (43):“I’ll play the huswifefor this once.”這一回讓我來(lái)做管家婆。
2. hussy,light woman,strumpet 賤婦，蕩婦，婊子。
△2H.IV.3.2.343 (316):“and sung those tunes to theoverscutched huswives that he heard the carmen whistle，”把他聽(tīng)到車(chē)夫吹口哨的調(diào)子學(xué)給那些長(zhǎng)久賣(mài)淫的婊子們聽(tīng)。
△H.V.5.1.85 (80):“Doth Fortune play the huswifewith me now?”i.e.Fortune is fickle,like a lightwoman.(Pistol,who once seemed the favourite ofFortune,feels that good luck is now leaving him.) 難道命運(yùn)女神這個(gè)賤貨，現(xiàn)在把我甩了嗎？
△Oth.4.1.95(94):“A huswife that by selling her desires / Buys herselfbread and clothes.”一個(gè)靠出賣(mài)情欲給自己買(mǎi)進(jìn)衣食的賤貨 |