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homemaker

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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home·mak·er /ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə $ ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkər/ noun [countable]  especially American EnglishBOHOME a woman who works at home cleaning and cooking etc and does not have another job 家庭主妇 SYN housewife
Examples from the Corpus
homemakerTerri had become a homemaker since I last saw her.For years she was a homemaker raising three children.Traders talked about tariffs and homemakers about tea.They enroll homemakers in individual or group teaching sessions.Sorry frustrated homemakers - and take heart, luncheon tycoons - that's not quite true.So why is homemaker Toshio Someya so happy?Women felt they were being asked to fulfil two contradictory roles, that of the homemaker and the seductress, simultaneously.
home·mak·er nounChineseSyllable
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homemaker
homemaker /ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə $ ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkər/ noun [countable]
especially American English a woman who works at home cleaning and cooking etc and does not have another job
   SYN  housewife


home·makerBrE /ˈhəʊmmeɪkə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhoʊmmeɪkər/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) a person who works at home and takes care of the house and family 料理家务者;操持家务者 home·making BrE /ˈhəʊmmeɪkɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhoʊmmeɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]