单词 | henpecked |
释义 | henpecked From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhenpeckedhen‧pecked /ˈhenpekt/ adjectiveRELATIONSHIPOBEYa man who is henpecked is always being told what to do by his wife, and is afraid to disagree with her a henpecked husbandExamples from the Corpushenpecked• In some polygamous species, such as the patas monkey, the males become henpecked.• Celie strived not to conform to a stereotyped henpecked housebound wife.• Rip Van Winkle, a kindly, lazy, henpecked man, set out for a remote part of the Catskill Mountains. |
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