| 词汇 | fishwife |
| 释义 | fishwife noun[ C ] UKold-fashioneduk /ˈfɪʃ.waɪf/ us /ˈfɪʃ.waɪf/pluralfishwives a loud, unpleasant woman骂街的泼妇；粗野的女人 At this style of language the fishwives are said to be extremely proficient. If it isn't some one she's brought by her yells, snarled the fishwife. They quarrel like fishwives and scold about the number of "sides" each other has, and refuse to play up prettily, and I'm heartsick over it all, Sally. Examples of fishwifefishwife Very often a fishwife's professional career overlapped with motherhood. So am but it does not stop one commenting on the analogy of landlubbers and fishwives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should be proud to be a fishwife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think it was as faulty as his analogy between landlubbers and fishwives in his parish council. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If some leaders of nations behave like raucous fishwives, it is all that much more difficult for the family to live happily ever after. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we want to do is to exempt fishwives or people who carry fish in baskets for sale, but who cannot carry a weighing machine, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The story follows the fortunes of a young fishwife living at the turn of the 20th century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All are variously famous for fishwives, press gangs, ships, boats and sailors, and beautiful scenery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fishwives got their way. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His pictures illustrate the various strata of society; banquets or meetings of officers, guildsmen, local councilmen from mayors to clerks, itinerant players and singers, gentlefolk, fishwives and tavern heroes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Virago, fishwife and shrew are near synonyms for termagant in this sense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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