| 单词 | husband |
| 释义 | husband (hʌzbənd ) Word forms: husbands , husbanding, husbanded 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] A1 Someone's husband is the man they are married to. Eva married her husband Jack in 1957. Are they husband and wife? Synonyms: partner, man [informal], spouse, hubby [informal] 2. verb If you husband something valuable, you use it carefully and do not waste it. [literary] Husbanding precious resources was part of rural life. [VERB noun] Synonyms: conserve, budget, use sparingly, save Collocations: late husband There are also opportunities for her to break the fourth wall like her late husband, to both hilarious and terrifying effect. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Her late husband, Baxter Moore, and I both went to Harvard, and we ran into each other at alumni functions; he was in the shipping business. MURDER IN E MINOR Perhaps, even, wanted to bring into the world a carbon copy of her late husband, the war hero. TIME OF THE WOLF My late husband was a quartermaster in the Seventies. The Sun (2011) The mistress of Halcyon Hill sat in her late husband's study, listening to a Bobby Short album and sipping a Mai Tai. MORE TALES OF THE CITY (1989) He was a caring, loving husband and son and a devoted father. The Sun (2011) He was a loving husband and devoted father. The Sun (2009) How many other decent, hard-working families will be robbed of a good father and loving husband? The Sun (2008) And surely there is a less intrusive way of telling the world what a loving husband she has? The Sun (2016) They sat eating together at the kitchen table, a loving husband and wife to the end. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I've got a really supportive husband, but it's been tough and there have been a lot of passive-aggressive arguments as we've stacked the dishwasher. The Sun Her medical notes said that she had a very supportive husband. Times, Sunday Times I survived with the help of a supportive husband, caffeine and food. Times, Sunday Times I have a very supportive husband. Times, Sunday Times He has been a supportive husband: he will, one can be sure, only redouble his efforts now. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 丈夫 Japanese: 夫 |
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