huswife

n.
1.housewife,woman who manages a household 家庭主妇。
△As.4.3.28 (27):“She has a huswife’s hand，”i.e. the hand of a hard-working woman. 她的手是操劳女人的手。
△Rom.4.2.44 (43):“I’ll play the huswifefor this once.”这一回让我来做管家婆。
2. hussy,light woman,strumpet 贱妇，荡妇，婊子。
△2H.IV.3.2.343 (316):“and sung those tunes to theoverscutched huswives that he heard the carmen whistle，”把他听到车夫吹口哨的调子学给那些长久卖淫的婊子们听。
△H.V.5.1.85 (80):“Doth Fortune play the huswifewith me now?”i.e.Fortune is fickle,like a lightwoman.(Pistol,who once seemed the favourite ofFortune,feels that good luck is now leaving him.) 难道命运女神这个贱货，现在把我甩了吗？
△Oth.4.1.95(94):“A huswife that by selling her desires / Buys herselfbread and clothes.”一个靠出卖情欲给自己买进衣食的贱货