| 单词 | the little woman |
| 释义 | the little woman in British English British old-fashioned a facetious term for wife See full dictionary entry for little womanto marry (a woman) wife in British English (waɪf) nounWord forms: plural wives (waɪvz) 1. one's (female) partner in marriage; a married woman ▶ Related adjective: uxorial2. an archaic or dialect word for woman 3. take to wife Derived forms wifehood (ˈwifehood) noun wifeless (ˈwifeless) adjective wifelike (ˈwifeˌlike) adjective wifeliness (ˈwifeliness) noun wifely (ˈwifely) adjective Word origin Old English wīf; related to Old Norse vīf (perhaps from vīfathr veiled), Old High German wīb (German Weib)the little woman in British English informal See full dictionary entry for womanone's wife the little woman in American English US, Slang one's wife Examples of 'the little woman' in a sentence |
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