单词 | wife |
释义 | wife n. (pl. wives)   1. a married woman esp. in relation to her husband.   2. archaic a woman, esp. an old or uneducated one.   3. (in comb.) a woman engaged in a specified activity (fishwife; housewife; midwife). Phrases and idioms have (or take) to wife archaic marry (a woman). wife-swapping colloq. exchanging wives for sexual relations. Derivatives wifehood n. wifeless adj. wifelike adj. wifely adj. wifeliness n. wifish adj. Etymology: OE wif woman: ult. orig. unkn. |
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