henpecked

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.
    — "I noticed that he addressed her as 'My dear,' very genially, without any trace of resentment.... The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself whether he were henpecked,—a shocking conjecture, which I instantly dismissed."

词形变化

more henpecked comparative most henpecked superlative

词源

From hen + pecked.
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