fish是“鱼”，wife是“妻子”，那fishwife是什么意思？
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“熟词偏义”是英语中常见的情况看似每个单词都认识连在一起就不知道是什么意思比如这个表达：late wife直译成“迟到的老婆”就太尴尬啦1、late wife是什么意思？late 除了迟到、晚期还有“已故的”意思（used to refer to someone who has died）所以late wife并不是“老婆迟到”late wife=已故妻子late husband=已故丈夫例句：She gave her late husband's clothes to charity.她把丈夫去世后留下的衣服捐给了慈善机构。02、ex-wife/ former wife是什么意思？ex-是词语前缀，含义就是以前的。ex 也有名词用法，可以指代各种前任包括前夫、前妻、前女友和前男友如果想准确表达可以+名词称呼比如：ex-prisoners刑满释放的人ex-policemen从前做过警察的人my ex-husband我的前夫my ex-girlfriend我的前女友ex-wife=former wife=前妻例句：Is he still in touch with his ex-wife?他和他的前妻还保持联系吗？03、footballer's wife 是什么意思？优秀的足球运动员收入颇丰他们的太太完全有资本不上班后来footballer's wife 用来指代只花钱不赚钱的阔太太她们通常花很多金钱和精力来打扮自己例句：Pikachu is a footballer's wife, she never does the housework.皮卡丘的老公很有钱，她从不做家务。04、midwife是什么意思？英文释义：midwife is a person, usually a woman, who is trained to help women when they are giving birth(助产士，接生员；产婆)mid 是个常见的词缀，一般表达中间的例如下面这些单词：①Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节②mid-afternoon 下午三点左右；下午中段③mid-sentence 睡了一半的话④midday：中午、正午⑤midnight：午夜⑥mid-term examination：期中考试实际上mid 还可以理解为 with表示在一起分娩是一件危险的事要有接生员帮助她们生产wife 的原义是女人midwife 也就是陪着女人生孩子的人在古代被称为接生婆，现在是助产士例句：With the help of the midwife, the baby was born successfully.在助产士的帮助下，胎儿顺利地降生了。跟“生孩子”有关的英文表达：①产检：pregnancy care②分娩：delivery；childbirth③顺产：natural birth④剖宫产：C-section⑤产科医生：obstetrician⑥助产士：midwife⑦产房：delivery room⑧无痛分娩：Epidural⑨give birth to babies：生孩子05、fishwife是什么意思？英文释义：a loud, unpleasant woman所以fishwife=骂街的泼妇；粗野的女人06、housewife是什么意思？house是“房子”，wife是“妻子”组合词housewife就是：家庭主妇同理househusband就是：家庭主男