Definition of wife in English:

wife

nounPlural wives wʌɪfwaɪf

1A married woman considered in relation to her spouse.
妻子，夫人，太太
Example sentencesExamples
- He faced four charges, including making a threat to kill his wife Estelle.
- By the early 1970s he tired of politics and moved to a Greek fishing village with his wife.
- The young wife's gaunt desolation is one of the most haunting aspects of the novel.
- Betty looked radiant and even Albert seemed pleased and wouldn't let go of his new wife's hand.
- Lydia is invited to accompany a colonel and his young wife to Brighton with the soldiers.
- He met Cynthia while on holiday in Italy, shortly after divorcing his second wife.
- My introduction to the wonder of dogs came from my wife Robyn.
- Robin's wife is pregnant with their second baby.
- I'll fly you and your wife first class to New Orleans for a symposium.
- Before he knew it, he and his wife were dragged out to the street.
- Spare a thought for all those wives, husbands and children who this weekend will be saying their goodbyes.
- He just found out his wife has been having an affair.
- The bond that was of greatest importance to him was the one he shared with his wife.
- His estranged wife was recently killed in a car crash, leaving him numb and vulnerable.
- My wife was ill last year and could not work.
- Three years ago he divorced his second wife Anthea, with whom he has two small children.
- He is considering leaving Philadelphia and moving to New York, away from his wife and child.
Synonyms
spouse, partner, mate, consort, woman, bride
informal old lady, wifey, one's better half, the missus, the little woman, WAGs (wives and girlfriends)
British informal one's other half, her indoors, (old) dutch
British rhyming slang trouble and strife
dated lady, memsahib
archaic helpmate, helpmeet
1. 1.1with modifier The wife of a person with a specified occupation.
  特殊职业者的妻子
  a clergy wife
  牧师的妻子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Of late she seems to be settling in well as a competent full-time royal wife and new mother.
2. 1.2British dialect, archaic A woman, especially an old or uneducated one.
  〈古，方〉妇人；婆；愚昧无知的老婆子

Phrases

take a woman to wife

archaic Marry a woman.
〈古〉娶妇女为妻
Example sentencesExamples
- Actually, telling the common folk that Sarah was his sister probably would have worked okay because the custom in those days was to ask permission from the father, or the brothers if the father was gone, before a man could take a woman to wife.
- Let us therefore return to our kingdoms and resolve never again to take a woman to wife; and as for me, I will show thee what I will do.
- Abraham knew the Egyptians would not refrain from killing a husband in order to win a beautiful woman, but according to the etiquette of the times they would not take a woman to wife without the consent of her father or her brother (as in the cases of Rebecca, Dinah).

Derivatives

wifehood

noun ˈwʌɪfhʊdˈwaɪfˌhʊd

She feels trapped by wifehood and motherhood, and she feels she's a failure at them both.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ideology, promulgated by the learned few, and predominantly male, writers of the period extolled the virtues of wifehood and motherhood for women, but, in most cases, the gap between ideal and reality was wide.
- The ethos of service and usefulness that permeated the vocational concept of wifehood and motherhood similarly motivated single woman: to be useful in the world, to provide help and guidance to those who need it.
- It works at the same time to bring to expression a female eroticism not tied to a biographical trajectory of wifehood and motherhood.
- The idealization and elevation of marriage and wifehood brought with it an emphasis on pure motives for marrying, resulting, in turn, in the elevation of spinsterhood and a more dignified view of single women.

wifeless

adjective

I have been rendered wifeless by the Pandavs and therefore I want Panchali, the wife of the Pandavs.
Example sentencesExamples
- Charlotte enters Maggie's household and comes to the attention of the wifeless Adam Verver, who proposes to her.
- All will honour his enthusiasm, and if he be wifeless and childless, his disregard of the great object of men's work will be blameless.
- And though he tried not to make a tragedy out of being wifeless, sometimes his spirits hardly soared at all when he saw the great mountain.
- On Christmas Eve, Ralph invited all of the wifeless sailors who hadn't any place better to go over to his house for a good time.

wife-like

adjectiveˈwʌɪflʌɪk

Perhaps he thinks you use phrases and terms about the children's father that sound too ‘wife-like’, or he is weary of hearing you mention the other parent's name so much, or he perceives a tone in your voice or a look in your eyes.
Example sentencesExamples
- I just realized my comment sounded too ‘wife-like’.

wifeliness

noun

‘Emmy, I need a ship,’ declared Hector, with a fervour that threatened to swamp her resurgent wifeliness.
Example sentencesExamples
- She is a comic pointilliste, and her precise inflections of wifeliness dot the brain like a quiver of hatpins.
- How quickly I have reverted to a pre-feminist expectation of wifeliness.

wifely

adjective ˈwʌɪfliˈwaɪfli

Characteristic of or relating to the role of a wife.
Mary created a public image of wifely devotion
Example sentencesExamples
- No, the words ‘heartless’ and ‘gad-about’ would be getting an airing from the misogynists as they dissected Victoria's desertion of her wifely duties.
- People come to us because both partners are working extremely hard and no one has time to fulfill that wifely role.
- I never imagined I would find myself in this wifely role, but here I am, with my endless lists and diary and calendar, keeping on top of everyone's activities - Mum to the whole family.

wifish

adjective

Origin

Old English wīf 'woman', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib.

The original meaning of wife was simply ‘woman’, a sense still used in Scotland and in terms such as fishwife (early 16th century) and midwife. All the world and his wife, meaning ‘everyone’ or ‘a great many people’, is first recorded in Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation (1738). See also Caesar, woman

Rhymes

fife, Fyfe, knife, life, pro-life, rife, still-life, strife

Definition of wife in US English:

wife

nounwaɪfwīf

1A married woman considered in relation to her spouse.
妻子，夫人，太太
Example sentencesExamples
- Before he knew it, he and his wife were dragged out to the street.
- His estranged wife was recently killed in a car crash, leaving him numb and vulnerable.
- I'll fly you and your wife first class to New Orleans for a symposium.
- He faced four charges, including making a threat to kill his wife Estelle.
- Betty looked radiant and even Albert seemed pleased and wouldn't let go of his new wife's hand.
- The bond that was of greatest importance to him was the one he shared with his wife.
- Lydia is invited to accompany a colonel and his young wife to Brighton with the soldiers.
- Spare a thought for all those wives, husbands and children who this weekend will be saying their goodbyes.
- My introduction to the wonder of dogs came from my wife Robyn.
- My wife was ill last year and could not work.
- By the early 1970s he tired of politics and moved to a Greek fishing village with his wife.
- He is considering leaving Philadelphia and moving to New York, away from his wife and child.
- Robin's wife is pregnant with their second baby.
- The young wife's gaunt desolation is one of the most haunting aspects of the novel.
- He just found out his wife has been having an affair.
- Three years ago he divorced his second wife Anthea, with whom he has two small children.
- He met Cynthia while on holiday in Italy, shortly after divorcing his second wife.
Synonyms
spouse, partner, mate, consort, woman, bride
1. 1.1with modifier The wife of a person with a specified occupation.
  特殊职业者的妻子
  a faculty wife
  Example sentencesExamples
  Of late she seems to be settling in well as a competent full-time royal wife and new mother.
2British dialect, archaic A woman, especially an old or uneducated one.
〈古，方〉妇人；婆；愚昧无知的老婆子

Phrases

take a woman to wife

archaic Marry a woman.
〈古〉娶妇女为妻
Example sentencesExamples
- Let us therefore return to our kingdoms and resolve never again to take a woman to wife; and as for me, I will show thee what I will do.
- Abraham knew the Egyptians would not refrain from killing a husband in order to win a beautiful woman, but according to the etiquette of the times they would not take a woman to wife without the consent of her father or her brother (as in the cases of Rebecca, Dinah).
- Actually, telling the common folk that Sarah was his sister probably would have worked okay because the custom in those days was to ask permission from the father, or the brothers if the father was gone, before a man could take a woman to wife.

Origin

Old English wīf ‘woman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib.

单词	wife
释义	Definition of wife in English: wife nounPlural wives wʌɪfwaɪf 1A married woman considered in relation to her spouse. 妻子，夫人，太太 Example sentencesExamples He faced four charges, including making a threat to kill his wife Estelle. By the early 1970s he tired of politics and moved to a Greek fishing village with his wife. The young wife's gaunt desolation is one of the most haunting aspects of the novel. Betty looked radiant and even Albert seemed pleased and wouldn't let go of his new wife's hand. Lydia is invited to accompany a colonel and his young wife to Brighton with the soldiers. He met Cynthia while on holiday in Italy, shortly after divorcing his second wife. My introduction to the wonder of dogs came from my wife Robyn. Robin's wife is pregnant with their second baby. I'll fly you and your wife first class to New Orleans for a symposium. Before he knew it, he and his wife were dragged out to the street. Spare a thought for all those wives, husbands and children who this weekend will be saying their goodbyes. He just found out his wife has been having an affair. The bond that was of greatest importance to him was the one he shared with his wife. His estranged wife was recently killed in a car crash, leaving him numb and vulnerable. My wife was ill last year and could not work. Three years ago he divorced his second wife Anthea, with whom he has two small children. He is considering leaving Philadelphia and moving to New York, away from his wife and child. Synonyms spouse, partner, mate, consort, woman, bride informal old lady, wifey, one's better half, the missus, the little woman, WAGs (wives and girlfriends) British informal one's other half, her indoors, (old) dutch British rhyming slang trouble and strife dated lady, memsahib archaic helpmate, helpmeet 1.1with modifier The wife of a person with a specified occupation. 特殊职业者的妻子 a clergy wife 牧师的妻子。 Example sentencesExamples Of late she seems to be settling in well as a competent full-time royal wife and new mother. 1.2British dialect, archaic A woman, especially an old or uneducated one. 〈古，方〉妇人；婆；愚昧无知的老婆子 Phrases take a woman to wife archaic Marry a woman. 〈古〉娶妇女为妻 Example sentencesExamples Actually, telling the common folk that Sarah was his sister probably would have worked okay because the custom in those days was to ask permission from the father, or the brothers if the father was gone, before a man could take a woman to wife. Let us therefore return to our kingdoms and resolve never again to take a woman to wife; and as for me, I will show thee what I will do. Abraham knew the Egyptians would not refrain from killing a husband in order to win a beautiful woman, but according to the etiquette of the times they would not take a woman to wife without the consent of her father or her brother (as in the cases of Rebecca, Dinah). Derivatives wifehood noun ˈwʌɪfhʊdˈwaɪfˌhʊd She feels trapped by wifehood and motherhood, and she feels she's a failure at them both. Example sentencesExamples Ideology, promulgated by the learned few, and predominantly male, writers of the period extolled the virtues of wifehood and motherhood for women, but, in most cases, the gap between ideal and reality was wide. The ethos of service and usefulness that permeated the vocational concept of wifehood and motherhood similarly motivated single woman: to be useful in the world, to provide help and guidance to those who need it. It works at the same time to bring to expression a female eroticism not tied to a biographical trajectory of wifehood and motherhood. The idealization and elevation of marriage and wifehood brought with it an emphasis on pure motives for marrying, resulting, in turn, in the elevation of spinsterhood and a more dignified view of single women. wifeless adjective I have been rendered wifeless by the Pandavs and therefore I want Panchali, the wife of the Pandavs. Example sentencesExamples Charlotte enters Maggie's household and comes to the attention of the wifeless Adam Verver, who proposes to her. All will honour his enthusiasm, and if he be wifeless and childless, his disregard of the great object of men's work will be blameless. And though he tried not to make a tragedy out of being wifeless, sometimes his spirits hardly soared at all when he saw the great mountain. On Christmas Eve, Ralph invited all of the wifeless sailors who hadn't any place better to go over to his house for a good time. wife-like adjectiveˈwʌɪflʌɪk Perhaps he thinks you use phrases and terms about the children's father that sound too ‘wife-like’, or he is weary of hearing you mention the other parent's name so much, or he perceives a tone in your voice or a look in your eyes. Example sentencesExamples I just realized my comment sounded too ‘wife-like’. wifeliness noun ‘Emmy, I need a ship,’ declared Hector, with a fervour that threatened to swamp her resurgent wifeliness. Example sentencesExamples She is a comic pointilliste, and her precise inflections of wifeliness dot the brain like a quiver of hatpins. How quickly I have reverted to a pre-feminist expectation of wifeliness. wifely adjective ˈwʌɪfliˈwaɪfli Characteristic of or relating to the role of a wife. Mary created a public image of wifely devotion Example sentencesExamples No, the words ‘heartless’ and ‘gad-about’ would be getting an airing from the misogynists as they dissected Victoria's desertion of her wifely duties. People come to us because both partners are working extremely hard and no one has time to fulfill that wifely role. I never imagined I would find myself in this wifely role, but here I am, with my endless lists and diary and calendar, keeping on top of everyone's activities - Mum to the whole family. wifish adjective Origin Old English wīf 'woman', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib. The original meaning of wife was simply ‘woman’, a sense still used in Scotland and in terms such as fishwife (early 16th century) and midwife. All the world and his wife, meaning ‘everyone’ or ‘a great many people’, is first recorded in Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation (1738). See also Caesar, woman Rhymes fife, Fyfe, knife, life, pro-life, rife, still-life, strife noun.1 phr. Definition of wife in US English: wife nounwaɪfwīf 1A married woman considered in relation to her spouse. 妻子，夫人，太太 Example sentencesExamples Before he knew it, he and his wife were dragged out to the street. His estranged wife was recently killed in a car crash, leaving him numb and vulnerable. I'll fly you and your wife first class to New Orleans for a symposium. He faced four charges, including making a threat to kill his wife Estelle. Betty looked radiant and even Albert seemed pleased and wouldn't let go of his new wife's hand. The bond that was of greatest importance to him was the one he shared with his wife. Lydia is invited to accompany a colonel and his young wife to Brighton with the soldiers. Spare a thought for all those wives, husbands and children who this weekend will be saying their goodbyes. My introduction to the wonder of dogs came from my wife Robyn. My wife was ill last year and could not work. By the early 1970s he tired of politics and moved to a Greek fishing village with his wife. He is considering leaving Philadelphia and moving to New York, away from his wife and child. Robin's wife is pregnant with their second baby. The young wife's gaunt desolation is one of the most haunting aspects of the novel. He just found out his wife has been having an affair. Three years ago he divorced his second wife Anthea, with whom he has two small children. He met Cynthia while on holiday in Italy, shortly after divorcing his second wife. Synonyms spouse, partner, mate, consort, woman, bride 1.1with modifier The wife of a person with a specified occupation. 特殊职业者的妻子 a faculty wife Example sentencesExamples Of late she seems to be settling in well as a competent full-time royal wife and new mother. 2British dialect, archaic A woman, especially an old or uneducated one. 〈古，方〉妇人；婆；愚昧无知的老婆子 Phrases take a woman to wife archaic Marry a woman. 〈古〉娶妇女为妻 Example sentencesExamples Let us therefore return to our kingdoms and resolve never again to take a woman to wife; and as for me, I will show thee what I will do. Abraham knew the Egyptians would not refrain from killing a husband in order to win a beautiful woman, but according to the etiquette of the times they would not take a woman to wife without the consent of her father or her brother (as in the cases of Rebecca, Dinah). Actually, telling the common folk that Sarah was his sister probably would have worked okay because the custom in those days was to ask permission from the father, or the brothers if the father was gone, before a man could take a woman to wife. Origin Old English wīf ‘woman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib. noun.1 phr.
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