词汇 | missus |
释义 | missus noun[ S ] uk /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ us /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ informal wife: 妻子,老婆 Me and the missus (= my wife) are going to our daughter's for Christmas.我和妻子要去女儿家过圣诞节。 Have you met Jack's new missus?你见过杰克的新老婆吗? informal someone's girlfriend: Who's your missus, Ben? USinformalold-fashioned(alsoMissus) a spoken form of mistress, meaning a woman who is in charge of a house and servants: (口语)女主人 The maid said that the missus was unkind to her.女佣说女主人对她不好。 USinformal(alsoMissus) a spoken form of Mrs., used when speaking to a woman: (口语,在与女士说话时使用的称呼)夫人 Is this your purse, missus?这是您的钱包吗,夫人? Marriage: marital status bachelor bachelorette bachelorhood be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom between ex grass widow honeymooners live in married singleton spinster spinsterhood spoken for trophy wife widow widowed widower widowhood wifely Examples of missusmissus He would read off a long list of what he had to sell and "missus" would select what she wanted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Against that, there is only a £100 allowance in respect of the "missus". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One man, for instance, said it was because he wanted to "dodge the missus," whatever that meant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The man not only lost his self-respect, he felt that he was no more than flotsam and jetsam, and a bally nuisance to the missus as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then his "missus", as he calls her, tells him that she must have more money for the housekeeping, since the rent has gone up so much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As such, the "missus" performed important intermediary functions between royal and local administrations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I pray thee, good missus, a soul cake! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Now he lives alone in his home, because the "missus" lies in a ward in the community health center and will never be able to come home again. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I can't imagine being anyone else's missus! 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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