homemaker
/ˈhəʊmmeɪkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhəʊmmeɪkər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhōm-ˌmā-kər/ (ame, mw)
homemaker — 名詞
- homemakersingular
- homemakersplural
1. someone whose main daily work is looking after the house and the people who live
家庭主婦
主要負責持家、照顧家人的人
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.
第二個孩子出生後，Joaquín 辭去了銀行的工作，成為全職家庭主夫。
collocation: full-time homemaker
Trang's mother worked as a homemaker and cooked every meal from scratch.
Trang 的媽媽在家當家庭主婦，每一餐都從頭開始親手做。
The survey asked homemakers how many hours a week they spent cleaning and shopping.
這項調查詢問家管們，每週花多少時間打掃和採買。
Many homemakers say their work is never finished by the end of the day.
許多家管都說，他們的工作到了一天結束時也永遠做不完。
Imani admires her grandfather, a quiet homemaker who raised four children on his own.
Imani 很敬佩她的爺爺，一位獨自把四個孩子拉拔大的安靜家管。
- 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.