| 单词 | in-law |
| 释义 | in-law (once / 11714 pages) n An in-law is someone who is a relative because of marriage, like your husband's sister or your wife's father. You can refer to your spouse's entire family as your in-laws. In some countries, a married woman moves in with her in-laws, symbolically becoming part of their family. In the U.S. some families live with extended family members — a man may live with his wife, kids, and his mother- and father-in-law — but more often each individual nuclear family lives separately. In-law originally meant "anyone of a relationship not natural" or "not by blood." WORD FAMILYin-law: in-laws USAGE EXAMPLESThough his Dutch wife and in-laws find it difficult to pronounce the name, its meaning is all that matters to them. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Driscoll said he spoke to her in-laws Tuesday, and they told him there was a good chance she wouldn’t lose her toes to the frostbite. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) The two bring their children to her in-laws each Christmas to eat, open presents and just be together. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) n a relative by marriage Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper relative-in-law Naomi the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament brother-in-law a brother by marriage daughter-in-lawthe wife of your son father-in-lawthe father of your spouse mother-in-lawthe mother of your spouse sister-in-lawthe sister of your spouse son-in-lawthe husband of your daughter relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage |
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