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

• He called her up one day and said that he and his wife were coming to New York
  有一天，他给她打电话，说他和妻子要来纽约。
• 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。
• I now pronounce you man and wife.
  我现在宣布你们结为夫妻。
• His affections were turned from his wife.
  他对妻子的感情转移了。
• He married a wife by whom he had two daughters.
  他娶了妻子并跟她生了两个女儿。
• That's my wife you were talking to
  刚才和你说话的人是我老婆。
• He and his wife both strongly support abortion rights.
  他和妻子都强烈支持堕胎权。
• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?
  是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• 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 pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.
  他对谋杀前妻的指控作了无罪抗辩。