househusband:家庭主夫;指主要负责家务、照顾孩子与家庭事务的已婚男性(与 housewife 相对)。在不同语境中也可泛指“以家庭为主要工作重心的男性伴侣”。
/ˈhaʊsˌhʌzbənd/
My uncle became a househusband after his wife got a new job.
我叔叔在他妻子找到新工作后成了家庭主夫。
Although he used to work in finance, he chose to be a househusband so he could raise the children and manage the household full-time.
虽然他曾在金融行业工作,但他选择做家庭主夫,以便全职抚养孩子并打理家务。
由 house(房子、家庭)+ husband(丈夫)构成的合成词,仿照 housewife(家庭主妇)的构词方式形成,用来描述社会角色分工变化下“以家庭劳动为主的丈夫”。