a woman who does not behave or think in an independent way, always following the accepted rules of society and obeying her husband without thinking 斯特福德式妻子（缺乏独立性、只知遵守社会既定准则和顺从丈夫） More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sourcesWord OriginFrom the title of the book and film The Stepford Wives, in which a group of women who behave in this way are in fact robots.