husband=house+band 房屋拴牢!(band的含义就是something that constrains or binds morally or legally约束:在道义上或法律上受到限制或约束的事物。比如说the bands of marriage and family婚姻和家庭的约束)这当然有玩笑的成分,不过也表明了丈夫和家庭的密切联系。我们都知道housewife是“家庭妇女”的意思,那么,你知道“家庭妇男”用英语该怎么说吗? “家庭妇男”的说法很简单,就是由house房子和husband丈夫组成的,即house-husband。说“家庭妇男”多多少少都带点贬低色彩,而 “全职爸爸”则是一个比较中性的说法,指没有负担家庭经济责任的父亲,在现实中,他们生活重心以料理家务、照顾子女或自我休闲为主。A house-husband is a man who stays at home and doesn't go to work, while his wife goes to work and earns money. Usually a man becomes a house-husband in order to look after children.