"a matron, mistress of a household," early 14c., from good (adj.) + wife (n.). As a term of civility applied to a married woman in humble life, it is a correlative of goodman. "Used like auntie, and mother, and gammer, in addressing or describing an inferior" [Farmer].
双语例句
1. Goodwife asks famous tenor singer Simier sings a lyric song.
女主人请闻名男高音歌唱家斯米尔唱一首抒情歌曲.
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2. A Ji is taking jar to come home give goodwife.
阿吉拿著坛子回家交给女主人.
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3. Body body length gets quite plump goodwife, the weight when saying oneself marry cross 45 kilograms.
