Skip to main content

fishwife

/fish-wahyf/US // ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf //UK // (ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf) //

渔夫,渔妇,渔民,鱼夫

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fish·wives.

    • : a woman who sells fish.
    • : a coarse-mannered, vulgar-tongued woman.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Perhaps you'll be staggering under a creel like a Newhaven fishwife before you return.

  • Suddenly a clamor was heard on the shore, and soon after a fishwife made her appearance, with rather a singular burden.

  • "It's no oot o' the kirk window ye'll hae seen him, Sandy, my mon," said a young fishwife.

  • It was about this time that Giorgione's ladylove won fame by discarding him in that foolish, fishwife fashion.

  • Mary became a Greek slave, or a Billingsgate fishwife, with amusing unexpectedness.