homemaker
/ˈhəʊmmeɪkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhəʊmmeɪkər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhōm-ˌmā-kər/ (ame, mw)
homemaker — noun
- homemakersingular
- homemakersplural
1. someone whose main daily work is looking after the house and the people who live
someone whose main daily work is looking after the house and the people who live in it, usually without being paid for it.
After their second child, Joaquín left his bank job to become a full-time homemaker.
collocation: full-time homemaker
Trang's mother worked as a homemaker and cooked every meal from scratch.
The survey asked homemakers how many hours a week they spent cleaning and shopping.
Many homemakers say their work is never finished by the end of the day.
Imani admires her grandfather, a quiet homemaker who raised four children on his own.
- housewife
older term; refers to a married woman only — less inclusive than 'homemaker'.
- househusband
specifically a married man who runs the home; narrower in scope than 'homemaker'.
- stay-at-home parent
emphasises the childcare role; common in modern Taiwanese-English translation contexts.
- breadwinner
the family member who earns the income, often contrasted with the homemaker in the same household.
文法句型
full-time homemaker
用法筆記
Gender-neutral by design: replaced 'housewife' in much modern writing because a homemaker may be male or female. Often paired with 'full-time' to stress that it is the person's main occupation.