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wife /waɪf/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural wives /waɪvz/) [countable] MARRYWOMANthe woman that a man is married to 妻子，太太 → husband, spouse Have you met my wife? 你见过我的妻子吗？ a refuge for battered wives 受虐待妻子庇护所 his second wife 他的第二任妻子ex-wife/former wife He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend. 他威胁要杀死前妻的男朋友。► see thesaurus at marriedExamples from the Corpuswife• He remarried after his first wife died of cancer.• His death came on Christmas Day, 1875, three months after his wife, Margaret, and baby died in childbirth.• Brown looked at a photograph of his wife on his desk.• One year he arrived with a young lady, then came back when she was his wife.• Have you met my wife, Doris?• My wife's career is very important to her.• Have you met the Ambassador's wife?• Men who want their wives at home.• How is it you were able to get your wife out?Origin wife Old English wif “woman, wife”wife nounChinese is to married woman Corpus that man a the |