hussy

缩写自housewife,家庭主妇，但后来该词贬义化，并形成了固定的词义，用以形容粗野的或举止不合体的女子。比较hubby.

hussy (n.)

1520s, "mistress of a household, housewife," alteration of Middle English husewif (see housewife). Gradually broadened to mean "any woman or girl," and by 1650 was being applied to "a woman or girl who shows casual or improper behavior," and a general derogatory sense had overtaken the word by late 18c. "It is common to use housewife in a good, and huswife or hussy in a bad sense" [Johnson].

1. 'she thinks I'm a hussy, " thought Scarlett.

" 她还以为我是个贱货呢, " 思嘉心想.

2. You impudent hussy , and get on with your work!

你这无耻的贱货, 干你的活去吧!

3. You hussy, how can you talk in that way?

你这个鬼丫头, 你怎么这样说话?

4. The gold hoop earrings Richard said made her look like a hussy and a gold bracelet.

戴上那对金圈耳环(理查德说她戴了像个轻佻女子)和金手镯.

5. What would a teenage hussy want with this place, anyway?

不管怎么说一个年轻的轻佻女子在这种地方还想得到 什么 ?