"landlady" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 女房東

Definition

將房產或房間出租給租戶的女性。歷史上也用於指經營旅館或寄宿公寓的女性。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

對應的男性詞是'landlord'。現代用法中，'landlord'常作為中性詞使用，但'landlady'在英式英語中仍然常見。常見搭配："my landlady"、"the landlady of the pub"。

Examples

My landlady lives on the first floor of the building.

我的**女房東**住在大樓一樓。

The landlady asked us to keep the noise down after 10 PM.

**女房東**要求我們晚上十點後保持安靜。

We pay rent directly to the landlady every month.

我們每月直接向**女房東**交房租。

Our landlady is great — she fixed the heater the same day we reported it.

我們的**女房東**太好了——我們報修暖氣的當天她就修好了。

The landlady of the pub had been running the place for over thirty years.

那家酒吧的**女老闆**已經經營那個地方超過三十年了。

I got lucky with my landlady — she doesn't care about pets, which is rare in this city.

我運氣好遇到了好**女房東**——她不在乎寵物，這在這座城市很少見。