单词 | wife |
释义 | wifewife /waɪf/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural wives /waɪvz/) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwife ExamplesOrigin: Old English wif ‘woman, wife’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUShusband/wife etc► husband/wife Collocations the man/woman you are married to: · My wife’s a teacher. ► partner the person you live with and have a sexual relationship with. Partner is often used when people are not married, or when you do not know if they are married. It is also used when talking about same-sex couples: · He lives with his partner Ruth and their eight-month-old son. ► fiancé/fiancée the man/woman you are engaged to: · He and fiancée Wendy Hodgson will marry in July. ► divorcee a woman who is divorced: · The prince announced his intention to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. ► widow/widower a woman or man whose husband or wife has died: · Imelda Marcos, the widow of the former president ► spouse formal your spouse is your husband or wife: · The rule applies to spouses and children of military personnel. ► estranged wife/husband formal someone’s estranged husband or wife is one who they do not live with anymore: · She is trying to get her sons back from her estranged husband. Longman Language Activatorthe people who are married► couple two people who are married to each other, or who are having a romantic relationship: · An elderly couple live next door.· They're a nice couple, aren't they?married couple: · Shirley and Bob are a young married couple with two small children. ► newlyweds a man and woman who have recently married: · Everyone left at about midnight, leaving the newlyweds alone at last.· The hotel seemed to be full of newlyweds. ► man and wife formal a married couple: as man and wife: · Terry and Meena aren't married but they live together as man and wife.pronounce somebody man and wife (=say that two people are officially married): · Mom burst into tears as the minister pronounced us man and wife. ► married · Are you married or single?· We've been married for 25 years.married to · Geraldine was married to the richest man in France and still pretended she couldn't afford a new outfit.happily married · Richard is happily married with two young children. ► wife the woman that a man is married to: · My wife's career is very important to her.· Have you met the Ambassador's wife?first/second etc wife: · He remarried after his first wife died of cancer. ► husband the man that a woman is married to: · I don't like Francesca's husband very much.· How many husbands would stay at home and take care of the children while their wife goes out to work?first/second etc husband: · Gary's her second husband. ► spouse formal the man or woman that someone is married to - use this in legal or official contexts: · You may choose to pay income tax jointly or separately from your spouse. ► partner the person that someone lives with in a romantic relationship - use this whether they are married or not: · Have you met my partner, Ray?· The office party is on Friday, but partners aren't invited. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► ex-wife/former wife Phrases He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► future wife/husband/son-in-law etc (=someone who will be your wife, husband, son-in-law etc) ► jealous husband/wife/lover etc► late husband/wife Mrs. Moore’s late husband ► long-suffering wife his long-suffering wife ► loving wife/family/parents etc the confidence he had gained from having a warm and loving family COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► young· I looked at his young wife, Dawn, with her four young children visiting Salisbury for the week-end.· In addition, Feffer was a busy seducer, especially, it seemed, of young wives.· Gail is very encouraged by a young wives group she started with a friend.· He regained consciousness and crawled back to the house to be taken care of by his young wife.· Oh yes - naturally - a young wife needed a home of her own.· Unlike his much younger wife and his children, he was conservative, loyal to the ways of the old country.· Fred watched his young wife go through her weekly ritual thinking how beautiful she looked.· The Eldest Son's young wife was there. VERB► kill· Both families refuse to believe Ian would kill his wife and children.· Grab your child as Blue Beard prepares to kill his wife and slump over when the brothers kill him.· The prosecution had claimed that the furniture factory boss resolved to kill his second wife Helen when she walked out on him.· Would he change his mind, Shaw asked, if some one raped and killed his wife, Kitty?· Before driving off, they threatened to kill his wife and young daughter if he did not wait before raising the alarm.· Magistrate accused of trying to kill his wife.· No, I didn't kill my wife. ► leave· He has no plans to leave his wife.· He left his wife, two sons and two daughters behind in Pyongyang.· Desmond Wilcox was a grown man when he chose to leave his wife and children and set up home with Esther.· Keaton solves that problem by having himself cloned, leaving his wife with more husbands than any woman bargained for.· Almost all household chores and the raising of children is left up to the wife.· He leaves his wife, Patricia Schartle Myrer.· They told him repeatedly to leave his wife.· He could leave his wife and marry her. ► live· Now he had a job in the dockyards at Emden where he lived with his wife.· Uncle Harvey lived with his wife and daughter at the crest of one such hill.· A married man living with his wife may also be able to claim part of the married couple's allowance.· He lives with his wife and two small children near Amherst, Mass.· But in Kemerovo, where he lives with his wife and three children, the shops are nearly empty. ► love· He loves his wife and daughters.· Mr Wade loved his wife, anybody could see that.· I can love my wife in the usual way and I can love Shinko in the unusual way!· I love her as wives love their husbands, as friends who have taken each other for life.· Was it possible to be unfaithful yet still love your wife?· He loved his wife and child.· You love your wife, Douglas.· It never taught the next thing, that the husband is to love his wife as his own body. ► meet· Morse looked at his watch: just after half-past six - and Downes would be meeting his wife at seven o'clock.· DeVito met his future wife while performing onstage as a demented stable boy.· Then about five years ago 1 met his wife at a concert.· He took out a handkerchief and dried his face, hid behind it to prepare an expression to meet his wife.· You met my wife a few years ago when she came around to let you know about the Neighborhood Watch program? PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► battered woman/wife/husband/baby etc the woman that a man is married to → husband, spouse: Have you met my wife? a refuge for battered wives his second wifeex-wife/former wife He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend.► see thesaurus at married
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