Word · Frequency #16645
missus
太太;老婆
核心释义
非正式用语;也拼作 missis
informal term for someone's wife
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太太(等于missis)
n. informal term of address for someone's wife
太太(等于missis)
用法In use
My missus is coming home late tonight, so I'll cook dinner.
用法提示:missus 在此作名词,口语中指‘妻子’。
He asked if the missus could join us for coffee.
用法提示:the missus 是口语中对‘妻子’的称呼。
I promised the missus I'd be home by six.
用法提示:missus 在这里表示‘老婆、妻子’,用于非正式场合。
the missus
英式口语中常用 the missus 指自己的妻子,语气亲切或打趣。
I'm taking the missus out for dinner.
我带老婆出去吃晚饭。
one's missus
one's 可换成 my, your, his 等物主代词,表示各自的妻子;比 the missus 更明确归属。
Have you met his missus?
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the missus
- 老婆,太太(非正式)
- I'm going home to the missus.我要回家找老婆。
- my missus
- 我老婆
- My missus doesn't like it when I smoke.我老婆不喜欢我抽烟。
- his missus
- 他老婆
- He went shopping with his missus.他和他老婆去购物了。
- the old missus
- 老伴儿,老婆(诙谐)
- He's taking the old missus out for dinner.他要带老伴儿出去吃晚饭。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
Mrs. 快读成 missus,想到家里那位 Mrs.(太太),就是自己的 missus。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常口语、家人或朋友间提及配偶 该词为非正式口语用词,通常用来称呼或提及某人的妻子,多用于轻松、随意的对话中。
语法说明Grammar Note
非正式用语,指某人的妻子;亦作 missis。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 missus 发音相同或押韵的有 misses(同音)和 kisses(押韵,均以 /ɪsɪz/ 结尾)。hiss、bliss、dismiss 虽然拼写含 -iss,但不押韵:-iss 读 /ɪs/,而 missus 读 /ˈmɪsɪz/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.