欢迎关注微信公众号：英语主播Emily 参与每周一到周五的英语直播分享 A: Does your wife work?  你妻子上班吗？ B: Yes, she does. She works at home.  是的。她在家里上班。 A: Oh, I understand. She cooks, cleans and takes care of the children. Is that right?  噢，我明白了。她做饭，打扫，照顾孩子，是吗？ B: Oh, no. Most of the time I do these things. She is a writer. 噢，不。大多数时间是我干这些活。她是一位作家。 A: You are really a hen-pecked husband. 你真的是妻管严。 01 hen-pecked husband 怕老婆的丈夫；妻管严 My uncle is a hen-pecked husband. 我的叔叔是个妻管严。 The hen-pecked husband always obeys his wife's orders without any objection. 这位怕老婆的丈夫总是毫无异议地服从妻子的命令。 John is considered a hen-pecked husband because he never goes out with his friends without his wife's permission. 约翰被认为是个怕老婆的男人，因为没有妻子的允许，他从不和朋友出去。 Being a hen-pecked husband doesn't mean you're weak, it just means you respect and love your wife. 作为一个怕老婆的男人并不意味着你软弱，这仅仅意味着你尊重和爱你的老婆。 hen指"母鸡"。 rooster指“公鸡” peck指“啄；啄食”。短语：peck (at) sth 例句： I saw a squirrel pecking at a nut on the ground. 我看见一只松鼠在地上啄一颗坚果。 I watched a woodpecker pecking at the tree trunk, looking for insects to eat. 我看着一只啄木鸟在树干上啄食，寻找昆虫吃。 woodpecker啄木鸟