wife
/waɪf/noun
(pl. wives)
1- a married woman considered in relation to her husband妻子, 夫人, 太太。
1.1
- with modifier the wife of a man with a specified occupation特殊职业者的妻子：
a clergy wife.
牧师的妻子。
1.2
- archaic & dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one〈古, 方〉妇人; 婆; 愚昧无知的老婆子。
短语
take a woman to wife
- archaic marry a woman〈古〉娶妇女为妻。
派生词
wifehood
nounwifeless
adjectivewife-like
adjectivewifeliness
nounwifely
adjective词源
Old English wīf 'woman'， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib.