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old woman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌold ˈwoman noun [countable] British English old-fashioned informal  1. somebody’s old woman old-fashioned informal someone’s wife or mother 某人的妻子[母亲]2. CAREFULa man who pays too much attention to small unimportant details 斤斤计较的男人,婆婆妈妈的男人old womanish adjective
ˌold ˈwoman nounChineseSyllable


old woman
ˌold ˈwoman noun [countable] British English old-fashioned informal
1. sb’s old woman someone’s wife or mother
2. a man who pays too much attention to small unimportant details
—old womanish adjective


old womanBrE /ˌəʊld ˈwʊmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊld ˈwʊmən/ 🔊 noun(informal, especially BrE) a person's wife or mother 老婆;老妈(BrE, disapproving) a man who worries too much about things that are not important 像管家婆似的男人