| 释义 |
▪ I. kinder
= kind of: see kind n. 14 d.
▪ II. ‖ kinder, kirche, küche|ˈkɪndə(r), ˈkɪrçə, ˈkʏçə|
Also in different order.
[G.]
‘Children, church, kitchen’; a phrase, freq. used ironically, to denote the interests and preoccupations of a housewife.
1899[See K 1.] 1935D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xxii. 453 The Nazi doctrine that woman's place in the State should be confined to the ‘womanly’ occupations of Kinder, Kirche, Kuche. 1953E. Simon Past Masters iii. iii. 155 Good heavens! Kinder, Kirche, Küche, however you pronounce it. Still..at least you haven't given up smoking. 1963Economist 10 Aug. 519/2 Her countrywomen are unhappy housewives trapped in the home by an ideal of Kinder, Küche, Kirche which is vigorously pressed by American educators,..and husbands. 1965R. Rendell To fear Painted Devil x. 124 He was an awfully kinder, küche, kirche sort of person, house-proud, passionately neat and tidy. 1968R. Harris Nice Girl's Story xv. 112 As a wife, I should expect you to make it [sc. the bed]—kinder, kirche, küche, you know. 1970W. Garner Puppet-Masters v. 40 He subscribed wholeheartedly to Hitler's womanly ideal of Kinder, Küche, Kirche. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 303 The women students..had not yet formed any clear idea of the disabilities which increasingly encumber women as they move..towards kinder and küche. |