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A: Does your wife work? 

你妻子上班吗？

B: Yes, she does. She works at home. 

是的。她在家里上班。

A: Oh, I understand. She cooks, cleans and takes care of the children. Is that right? 

噢，我明白了。她做饭，打扫，照顾孩子，是吗？

B: Oh, no. Most of the time I do these things. She is a writer.

噢，不。大多数时间是我干这些活。她是一位作家。

A: You are really a hen-pecked husband.

你真的是妻管严。

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hen-pecked husband

怕老婆的丈夫；妻管严

My uncle is a hen-pecked husband.

我的叔叔是个妻管严。

The hen-pecked husband always obeys his wife's orders without any objection.

这位怕老婆的丈夫总是毫无异议地服从妻子的命令。

John is considered a hen-pecked husband because he never goes out with his friends without his wife's permission.

约翰被认为是个怕老婆的男人，因为没有妻子的允许，他从不和朋友出去。

Being a hen-pecked husband doesn't mean you're weak, it just means you respect and love your wife.

作为一个怕老婆的男人并不意味着你软弱，这仅仅意味着你尊重和爱你的老婆。

hen指"母鸡"。

rooster指“公鸡”

peck指“啄；啄食”。短语：peck (at) sth

例句：

I saw a squirrel pecking at a nut on the ground.

我看见一只松鼠在地上啄一颗坚果。

I watched a woodpecker pecking at the tree trunk, looking for insects to eat.

我看着一只啄木鸟在树干上啄食，寻找昆虫吃。

woodpecker啄木鸟