wife
wife
英 [waɪf] 美 [waɪf] 比较级 wives 可数名词
1.女人,妇人[仍用于复合词midwife,housewife等中]
2.妻子；夫人；已婚妇女
短语
all the world and his wife
2.bachelor's wife独身者理想中的妻子;人尽可夫的女人；妓女
3.Caesar's wife must (或 ought to) be above suspicion. [谚语]恺撒之妻不应被人怀疑；跟伟大人物有关的人必须洁身自爱。
4.child wife 很年轻的妻子
5.common-law wife 姘头；未经正式结婚仪式与男方同居的女人
6.Dutch wife 竹夫人(盛行于前荷属东印度群岛的长筒形抱枕)
7.have (或 take) someone to wife 娶某人为妻
8.left-hand (或 left-handed) wife嫁给贵族的非贵族女子;比丈夫身分低微女子
9.old wife老妇;饶舌的老太婆；好搬弄是非的人;老太婆脾气的男人
10.The shoemaker's wife often goes in ragged shoes. [谚语]鞋匠的老婆没鞋穿。
11.There is one good wife in the country and every man thinks he has her. [谚语]老婆是自己的好。
12.wife of the left hand 出身低贱的妻子
13.wife out of Westminster 可疑的妻子
14.wife's equity 【法律】妻子在平衡法中的权利;变形;n. wives