| 单词 | wife |
| 释义 | wife noun[C] uk/waɪf/us/waɪf/pluralwivesA1 the woman that you aremarriedto: 妻子，老婆，夫人ImetGreg's wife for the firsttime.我是第一次见到格雷格的妻子。 She's his third wife(= she is the third woman he has beenmarriedto).她是他的第3任妻子。 Compare husbandnoun spouseformalorspecialized
wife| American Dictionarywife noun[C] us/wɑɪf/pluralwivesus/wɑɪvz/the woman to whom a man ismarried; amarriedwoman Examplesofwifewife If hiswifedid these things, it reflected well on the man. From theCambridge English Corpus I have examined the role of thewifeand how the succession of that role was carried out. From theCambridge English Corpus Where awifehad dementia, the husband found himself having to learn new domestic skills and become involved in intimate caring tasks. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, this income foregone by the husband is eventually received by hiswife. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite his difficulties he maintains a close and warm relationship with his children and hiswife. From theCambridge English Corpus One granddaughter is the daughter of the co-resident son whosewifeleft him soon after the child's birth. From theCambridge English Corpus Heading the household were the husband and thewife, each responsible for their share of work. From theCambridge English Corpus The father expressed feelings of pleasure in seeing hiswiferelax and his children enjoying participating in the music. From theCambridge English Corpus Thewifewho cross-dresses to save her husband? From theCambridge English Corpus These data indicate that wives' private pensions in dual private pension households contribute marginally to greater equality in the wealth distribution. From theCambridge English Corpus The importance of railwaymen's economic contributions reinforced prevailing notions that men were considered household heads, even when wives earned income as well. From theCambridge English Corpus His 47-year-oldwifeearned nine stuivers weekly. From theCambridge English Corpus Mywifeshould handle at her discretion the property and official appointments associated with the household headship. From theCambridge English Corpus Thewifeis already asleep in the armchair, and the children have been sent out for a nice long walk. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the husband wrote letters to doctors on behalf of hiswife, functioning, as it were, as her legal guardian. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithwifewifeThese are words often used in combination withwife. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. ailing wife Take a man who has an ailing wife requiring constant treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 beloved wife He offers the following analogy : if one receives a message that purports to be from one'sbelovedwife, this uncertain provenance nevertheless gives us some reason to believe the message. From theCambridge English Corpus dear wife Our thoughts go out to hisdearwifeand family on their grevious loss. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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