| 单词 | navy wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnavy wife (b) With preceding qualifying word. A wife (sense 4a(a)) defined by her spouse's occupation, esp. one who fulfils official expectations of the role. Frequently with reference to the military, as navy wife, service wife. See also army wife at army n. Compounds 1e. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife of one in specific occupation to wifeOE wife1866 1866 Once a Week 24 Nov. 576/2 I could see (what one likes to see in all military wives) that Garnett was, in her opinion, the hero of every campaign in which he had served. 1896 C. King (title) An army wife. 1944 Mich. Alumnus 8 Jan. 215/2 Several of the units now on the Campus have strict rules relative to the coming to Ann Arbor of these service wives. 1981 P. McCutchan Shard calls Tune ii. 18 Beth had been a police wife..and a Foreign Office Security wife... She knew she mustn't ask where Simon was going. 2014 T. Graham et al. Search for HMAS Sydney i. 25/2 Her life as a naval wife lay before her. < as lemmas |
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