| 释义 |
wife/waif/n. (pl. wives /waivz/) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband 已婚女子，(尤指)妻子 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old or uneducated one [古义]妇女(尤指年老或没文化的) 3 (in comb. 用于复合词) a woman engaged in a specified activity 从事某一专门活动的女人 fishwife 卖鱼妇; housewife 家庭主妇; midwife 助产士 □ have (or take) to wife archaic marry (a woman) [古义]娶某人为妻 □ wifehood n.□ wifeless adj.□ wifelike adj.□ wifely adj.□ wifeliness n.□ wifish adj.[Old English wīf ‘woman’: ultimate origin unknown] |