1、全职妈妈的英语是full-time mom,更地道的说法是stay-at-home mom,常缩写为SAHM,英[steɪ æt həʊm mɒm],美[steɪ æt hoʊm mɑːm]。stay-at-home是复合形容词,由动词短语stay at home(待在家里)加连字符构成,修饰mom/mother,指放弃工作、在家专心照顾孩子的妈妈,如a stay-at-home mother(一位全职妈妈)。
2、常用搭配:be a stay-at-home mom 当全职妈妈;quit her job to be a full-time mom 辞职当全职妈妈;full-time parenting 全职育儿;return to work after being a stay-at-home mom 全职妈妈后重返职场。注意stay-at-home作定语时要带连字符,而作表语时则说She stays at home(她待在家里),是经典连字符用法考点。
3、词义辨析:housewife(家庭主妇)是传统说法,复数为housewives,但如今有人觉得该词略显过时;homemaker(持家者)是更中性、礼貌的表达,男女皆可用;stay-at-home mom强调“为照顾孩子而全职在家”,与working mom(职场妈妈)相对;full-time parent则不区分性别,也可指全职爸爸stay-at-home dad。
4、例句:1. My mother was a stay-at-home mom when I was little. 我小时候,妈妈是全职妈妈。2. She quit her job to become a full-time mom. 她辞掉工作当起了全职妈妈。3. Being a stay-at-home mom is a full-time job too. 当全职妈妈也是一份全职工作。4. More and more women choose to be full-time mothers. 越来越多的女性选择当全职妈妈。