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单词 wife
释义
wife
(wf )
Word forms: wives
1. countable noun [usually with poss] A1
Someone's wife is the woman they are married to.
He married his wife Jane 37 years ago.
The woman was the wife of a film director. [+ of]
Synonyms: spouse, woman [informal], partner, mate  
2.  See also old wives' tale
Collocations:
estranged wife
She seems very different from his estranged wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He flouted a ban barring him from contacting his estranged wife.
He began negotiating with his estranged wife's lawyers with the aim of obtaining a settlement.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
leave your wife
This policy would reward a man who leaves his wife and remarries.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Friends and family will disown me if I leave my wife given the current situation.
The Sun (2012)
Some had left wives who were pregnant.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
long-suffering wife
William's long-suffering wife, Sheila, adored him, while being clear-eyed about his shortcomings.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But Tom and his long-suffering wife Joyce will simply retire.
The Sun (2011)
The good guy gives up on the other woman and stays with his long-suffering wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
meet your wife
When he met his second wife Kim at a party, they were both married to other people.
The Sun (2007)
I just bowed my head like a horse and the rain ran down my neck, a far cry from a man on his way to meet his future wife.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2002)
He and his wife met at a church in Argentina, when he was playing for River Plate.
The Sun (2014)
pregnant wife
He had a heavily pregnant wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We're still meeting though he's told me his wife is now pregnant again.
The Sun (2011)
But when my wife got pregnant they had to go.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
second wife
When he met his second wife Kim at a party, they were both married to other people.
The Sun (2007)
He has a daughter by his second wife, Jill.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He has been married to his second wife for three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Translations:
Chinese: 妻子
Japanese:
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