“熟词偏义”是英语中常见的情况,看似每个单词都认识,连在一起就不知道是什么意思。比如下面的表达:
1、fishwife是什么意思?
英文释义:a loud, unpleasant woman,所以fishwife=骂街的泼妇;粗野的女人
例句:
Pikachu was screaming at me like a fishwife.
皮卡丘对着我大喊大叫,就像个泼妇。
2、housewife是什么意思?
house是“房子”,wife是“妻子”,组合词housewife就是:家庭主妇,同理househusband就是:家庭主男
例句:
The cleverest housewife can't cook a meal without rice.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
3、ex-wife/ former wife是什么意思?
ex-是词语前缀,含义就是以前的。ex 也有名词用法,可以指代各种前任包括前夫、前妻、前女友和前男友
如果想准确表达可以 名词称呼,比如:
ex-prisoners刑满释放的人
ex-policemen从前做过警察的人
my ex-husband我的前夫
my ex-girlfriend我的前女友
所以ex-wife=former wife=前妻
例句:
Is he still in touch with his ex-wife?
他和他的前妻还保持联系吗?
4、man and wife是什么意思?
来看英文词典的解释:If a man and a woman are man and wife, they are married to each other.即:如果一个男人和一个女人是“man and wife”的关系,他们已结婚了。
所以 man and wife = husband and wife = 夫妻,夫妇
例句:
Apparently relations between man and wife had not been improved.
显然,夫妻之间的关系并没有得到改善。
如果想表达“如夫妻一般地”可以用:as husband and wife
例句:
Although never married, they lived together as husband and wife for 50 years.
尽管没有结婚,他们却像夫妻一样共同生活了50年。
5、trophy wife 是什么意思
trophy wife =花瓶妻子,娇妻(年纪大的成功男人用来显示社会地位的)
trophy [ˈtrəʊfi] 奖品,战利品
例句:
In the USA, many rich businessmen have trophy wives.
在美国,很多有钱的商人都有个像花瓶一样的老婆。
6、midwife是什么意思?
英文释义:midwife is a person, usually a woman, who is trained to help women when they are giving birth(助产士,接生员;产婆)
例句:
With the help of the midwife, the baby was born successfully.
在助产士的帮助下,胎儿顺利地降生了。
跟“生孩子”有关的英文表达:
①产检:pregnancy care
②分娩:delivery;childbirth
③顺产:natural birth
④剖宫产:C-section
⑤产科医生:obstetrician
⑥助产士:midwife
⑦产房:delivery room
⑧无痛分娩:Epidural
⑨give birth to babies:生孩子
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