Definition of fishwife in English:

fishwife

nounPlural fishwives ˈfɪʃwʌɪfˈfɪʃˌwaɪf

1A coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting.
（爱大喊大叫的）泼妇
the screech of a fishwife
Example sentencesExamples
- We were made to sit side by side at the table and flog our biographies like fishwives.
- We speak all the time the two of us, gossiping like a couple of old fishwives.
- We went to Venice a few days later and it was full of dirty pigeons and busloads of ghastly American tourists shrieking at each other like fishwives.
- Then there was a revolution in my building, with all these fishwives banging on my door because I'd insulted them.
- The final five minutes seem to shape the entire programme, when the two families get together and basically sling the mud like old fishwives.
2archaic A woman who sells fish.
〈古〉卖鱼妇
Example sentencesExamples
- On the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand and the catch is kippered by traditional methods.
- Sometimes their existence is recorded by artists of their day, like the Newhaven fishwives photographed by Hill and Adams in 1848.
- A group of fishwives pose with a selection of crabs.
- ‘Monica will sell you a cooked fish!’ the fishwife boomed.
- Many of the fishwives travelled with the men to the fishing grounds to gut and cure so great a catch.

Definition of fishwife in US English:

fishwife

nounˈfiSHˌwīfˈfɪʃˌwaɪf

1A coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting.
（爱大喊大叫的）泼妇
the screech of a fishwife
Example sentencesExamples
- We were made to sit side by side at the table and flog our biographies like fishwives.
- Then there was a revolution in my building, with all these fishwives banging on my door because I'd insulted them.
- We went to Venice a few days later and it was full of dirty pigeons and busloads of ghastly American tourists shrieking at each other like fishwives.
- We speak all the time the two of us, gossiping like a couple of old fishwives.
- The final five minutes seem to shape the entire programme, when the two families get together and basically sling the mud like old fishwives.
2archaic A woman who sells fish.
〈古〉卖鱼妇
Example sentencesExamples
- On the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand and the catch is kippered by traditional methods.
- Many of the fishwives travelled with the men to the fishing grounds to gut and cure so great a catch.
- ‘Monica will sell you a cooked fish!’ the fishwife boomed.
- A group of fishwives pose with a selection of crabs.
- Sometimes their existence is recorded by artists of their day, like the Newhaven fishwives photographed by Hill and Adams in 1848.

单词	fishwife
释义	Definition of fishwife in English: fishwife nounPlural fishwives ˈfɪʃwʌɪfˈfɪʃˌwaɪf 1A coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting. （爱大喊大叫的）泼妇 the screech of a fishwife Example sentencesExamples We were made to sit side by side at the table and flog our biographies like fishwives. We speak all the time the two of us, gossiping like a couple of old fishwives. We went to Venice a few days later and it was full of dirty pigeons and busloads of ghastly American tourists shrieking at each other like fishwives. Then there was a revolution in my building, with all these fishwives banging on my door because I'd insulted them. The final five minutes seem to shape the entire programme, when the two families get together and basically sling the mud like old fishwives. 2archaic A woman who sells fish. 〈古〉卖鱼妇 Example sentencesExamples On the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand and the catch is kippered by traditional methods. Sometimes their existence is recorded by artists of their day, like the Newhaven fishwives photographed by Hill and Adams in 1848. A group of fishwives pose with a selection of crabs. ‘Monica will sell you a cooked fish!’ the fishwife boomed. Many of the fishwives travelled with the men to the fishing grounds to gut and cure so great a catch. Definition of fishwife in US English: fishwife nounˈfiSHˌwīfˈfɪʃˌwaɪf 1A coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting. （爱大喊大叫的）泼妇 the screech of a fishwife Example sentencesExamples We were made to sit side by side at the table and flog our biographies like fishwives. Then there was a revolution in my building, with all these fishwives banging on my door because I'd insulted them. We went to Venice a few days later and it was full of dirty pigeons and busloads of ghastly American tourists shrieking at each other like fishwives. We speak all the time the two of us, gossiping like a couple of old fishwives. The final five minutes seem to shape the entire programme, when the two families get together and basically sling the mud like old fishwives. 2archaic A woman who sells fish. 〈古〉卖鱼妇 Example sentencesExamples On the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand and the catch is kippered by traditional methods. Many of the fishwives travelled with the men to the fishing grounds to gut and cure so great a catch. ‘Monica will sell you a cooked fish!’ the fishwife boomed. A group of fishwives pose with a selection of crabs. Sometimes their existence is recorded by artists of their day, like the Newhaven fishwives photographed by Hill and Adams in 1848.
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