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 have a wife and two small children
  我有一个妻子和两个年幼的孩子。
• Soon afterwards he separated from his wife.
  不久以后，他和妻子分居了。
• His wife had cuckolded him.
  妻子给他戴绿帽子了。
• My wife has just had a baby
  我妻子刚生了孩子。
• The woman was the wife of a film director.
  这个女人是一个电影导演的妻子。
• It seems to me your wife was a shallow woman and you're well rid of her.
  在我看来你妻子是一个浅薄的女人，幸好你离开了她。
• As the day set for departure drew near, I told my wife that I could not accompany them.
  起程的日子就要到了，我告诉妻子我不能陪他们了。
• 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 bade his wife farewell and set out on his journey.
  他辞别了妻子便启程了。
• Tristan had been separated from his wife for two years.
  特里斯坦和妻子已经分居两年了。