wife

英 [waɪf]

美 [waɪf]

n.  妻子; 太太; 夫人; 已婚妇女

复数：wives　

中考高考考研法律

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.531 / COCA.466

习惯用语

n.

husband and wife
• 夫妇
  a man and woman who are married to each other
• They lived together as husband and wife (= as if they were married) for years.
  他们像夫妻一样共同生活了很多年。
• a husband-and-wife team
  夫妻队
an old wives' tale
• 不经之谈；不科学的陈腐思想
  an old idea or belief that has been proved not to be scientific
(all) the world and his wife
• 人人；许多人
  everyone; a large number of people

牛津词典

noun

• 妻子；太太；夫人；已婚妇女
  the woman that a man is married to; a married woman
  1. the doctor's wife
     医生的太太
  2. She's his second wife.
     她是他的第二任妻子。
  3. an increase in the number of working wives
     已婚职业妇女人数的增加

柯林斯词典

• See also:He married his wife Jane 37 years ago...The woman was the wife of a film director.old wives’ tale

英英释义

noun

• a married woman
  Synonym:married woman

双语例句

• I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around
  他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。
• Just as John has changed, so has his wife
  约翰变了，他的妻子也变了。
• His wife gave birth to twin girls.
  她妻子生了一对双胞胎女孩。
• Franklin shared the family's scorn for his wife's new friends
  富兰克林和家里人一样，也对他夫人的新朋友们不屑一顾。
• He married his wife Jane 37 years ago
  他37年前娶了妻子简。
• His affections were turned from his wife.
  他对妻子的感情转移了。
• I now pronounce you man and wife.
  我现在宣布你们结为夫妻。
• My wife has just had a baby
  我妻子刚生了孩子。
• Soon afterwards he separated from his wife.
  不久以后，他和妻子分居了。
• My wife and I discovered some superb places to eat
  我和妻子发现了一些就餐的极好去处。