「熟詞偏義」是英語中常見的情況，看似每個單詞都認識，連在一起就不知道是什麼意思。比如下面的表達：
fishwife是什麼意思？
英文釋義：a loud, unpleasant woman，所以fishwife=罵街的潑婦；粗野的女人
例句：
She was screaming at me like a fishwife.
她對著我大喊大叫，就像個潑婦。
housewife是什麼意思？
house是「房子」，wife是「妻子」，組合詞housewife就是：家庭主婦，同理househusband就是：家庭主男
The cleverest housewife can't cook a meal without rice.
巧婦難為無米之炊。
ex-wife/ former wife是什麼意思？
ex-是詞語前綴，含義就是以前的。ex 也有名詞用法，可以指代各種前任包括前夫、前妻、前女友和前男友
如果想準確表達可以+名詞稱呼，比如：
ex-prisoners刑滿釋放的人
ex-policemen從前做過警察的人
my ex-husband我的前夫
my ex-girlfriend我的前女友
所以ex-wife=former wife=前妻
Is he still in touch with his ex-wife?
他和他的前妻還保持聯繫嗎？
man and wife是什麼意思？
來看英文詞典的解釋：If a man and a woman are man and wife, they are married to each other.即：如果一個男人和一個女人是「man and wife」的關係，他們已結婚了。
所以 man and wife = husband and wife = 夫妻，夫婦
Apparently relations between man and wife had not been improved.
顯然，夫妻之間的關係並沒有得到改善。
如果想表達「如夫妻一般地」可以用：as husband and wife
Although never married, they lived together as husband and wife for 50 years.
儘管沒有結婚，他們卻像夫妻一樣共同生活了50年。
trophy wife 是什麼意思
trophy wife =花瓶妻子，嬌妻（年紀大的成功男人用來顯示社會地位的）
trophy [trfi] 獎品，戰利品
In the USA, many rich businessmen have trophy wives.
在美國，很多有錢的商人都有個像花瓶一樣的老婆。
midwife是什麼意思？
英文釋義：midwife is a person, usually a woman, who is trained to help women when they are giving birth(助產士，接生員；產婆)
With the help of the midwife, the baby was born successfully.
在助產士的幫助下，胎兒順利地降生了。
跟「生孩子」有關的英文表達：
①產檢：pregnancy care
②分娩：delivery；childbirth
③順產：natural birth
④剖宮產：C-section
⑤產科醫生：obstetrician
⑥助產士：midwife
⑦產房：delivery room
⑧無痛分娩：Epidural
⑨give birth to babies：生孩子
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