landlady

IPA/ˈlændleɪdi/
KK[lˈændlˌedi]IPA/ˈlændleɪdi/

landlady — 名詞

  • landladysingular
  • landladiesplural

1. a female property owner who lets out a house, flat, room, or plot to tenants and

1.名詞B1
釋義

女房東

出租房屋或土地的女性業主

a female property owner who lets out a house, flat, room, or plot to tenants and collects regular rent payments from them.

例句

Aylin sent her landlady a message about the broken kitchen tap.

Aylin 傳訊息給女房東，告知廚房水龍頭壞了。

possessive: someone's landlady

The landlady raised the monthly rent on the small flat above the bakery.

女房東把麵包店樓上小公寓的月租調高了。

collocation: landlady + raised the rent

同義詞
  • lessor

    formal/legal term for the party granting a lease; gender-neutral

  • landlord

    general or male equivalent; widely used for women too in modern usage

  • property owner

    broader; covers owners who don't rent out their property

反義詞
  • tenant

    the person who pays rent to the landlady

  • lodger

    renter of a single room, usually in the owner's home

文法句型

landlady of [property]

[person]'s landlady

用法筆記

Subject of common verbs like 'raise', 'collect', 'evict', 'inspect'. Typically appears with a possessive ('my landlady', 'her landlady') because the relationship is personal between renter and owner.

常見錯誤

❌I pay rent to my landlady house every month.
✅I pay rent to my landlady every month.
💡landlady refers to the person, not the property; no 'house' after it.
❌The landlady of the bank refused our loan.
✅The bank manager refused our loan.
💡landlady only applies to a woman renting out housing or land, not to other businesses.

2. a woman who runs a pub, bar, or guest house, often serving customers and looking

2.名詞B2
釋義

女老闆娘

經營酒吧、小旅館或民宿的女性

a woman who runs a pub, bar, or guest house, often serving customers and looking after the daily business herself.

例句

Tamar greeted every customer by name when she became the landlady of the village pub.

Tamar 接手村裡酒吧當女老闆後，能叫出每位客人的名字。

pattern: landlady of [a pub / an inn]

The cheerful landlady poured two pints of ale and slid them across the wooden bar.

開朗的女老闆倒了兩杯麥酒，順著木吧檯遞了過去。

collocation: cheerful / friendly landlady

同義詞
  • innkeeper

    specifically a guest-house or inn manager; gender-neutral

  • publican

    formal term for someone who runs a British pub

  • proprietress

    old-fashioned, very formal female owner

反義詞
  • customer

    the person buying drinks or staying at the inn

  • guest

    someone the landlady serves at her inn or B&B

文法句型

landlady of [the pub / the inn]

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: here she runs a hospitality business (pub, bar, guest house), not residential property. Often appears in British contexts; American English usually says 'owner' or 'manager' for the same role.

常見錯誤

❌The landlady of the hotel chain owns ten branches.
✅The owner of the hotel chain owns ten branches.
💡landlady applies to a single small pub, bar, or guest house, not to large hotel groups.