wife

[waɪf]
  • 释义

  • 妻子;已婚妇女;

  • 词义辨析
  • old wife, old girl, old lady, old woman
  • 这四者都指“女人”,但意思和用法并不相同:
    1.old girl一般用于子女对母亲或丈夫对妻子的昵称,也可用于对任何年龄女子的爱称(如老大姐),有时则用于贬义,是一种讽刺或不尊敬的称呼。在英国学校中可指“女校友”“女毕业生”。old girl还可用作母马的爱称,常译为“老伙计”。
    2.old lady和old wife同义,相当于汉语中的“老伴”“老婆”,用于比喻可指“婆婆妈妈的人”。
    3.old woman是口语用语,在子女与母亲间或夫妻间使用时意思同old girl。用于比喻可指“畏畏缩缩,行为像女人或办事缺乏主动性的男人”。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    We went down town to do some Christmas shopping and all the world and his wife were there.

    我们去市里购买圣诞用品,那里人山人海.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 2、

    That face called up in his mind the image of his end wife.

    那张脸使他想起了他亡妻的形象.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 3、

    He called out for his wife.

    他大声呼叫他的妻子.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 4、

    He treats his wife like a thrall.

    他把妻子当作奴隶看待.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 5、

    He left a wife and two children.

    他遗下一妻二子.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 6、

    She is a faithful wife.

    她是个忠实的妻子.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 7、

    She is a good girl, and will make a hardworking, devoted wife.

    她是一个好姑娘, 将来会成为一个勤劳忠贞的贤内助.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 8、

    When he got married, Alf was too embarrassessed to say anything to his wife about his job.

    在阿尔弗结婚时, 因为怕难堪,他对妻子只字不提有关自己职业的事.

    ——《用法词典》
  • 9、

    He took an heiress to wife and was regarded with suspicion by her family.

    他娶了个女继承人为妻子,女方家庭对他的结婚动机抱有怀疑态度.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    My wife had laryngitis and lost her voice for several days.

    我妻子患喉炎,噪子哑了好几天了.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 11、

    Shortly after they became man and wife Tom began to show the cloven foot.

    他们结婚不久汤姆便露出了他的凶恶本性.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    I feel chained down with a wife, a house and children.

    我觉得受妻子 、 家室之累.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 13、

    Application Engineer, currently base in Intel APAC R & D Center in Shanghai, China.

    应用工程师, 目前在位于中国上海的英特尔亚太 研发 中心工作.

    互联网
  • 14、

    He left his wife and children behind.

    他抛下了妻子儿女.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 15、

    My wife has many eccentricities.

    我妻子有很多怪癖.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 16、

    " Go and join the army,'said his wife. " I won't hinder you. "

    “ 去参军吧, ” 他妻子说: “ 我不会阻拦你的. ”

    ——《用法词典》
  • 17、

    His wife is very useful at cooking.

    他的妻子擅长烹调.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 18、

    He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.

    不管花多大力气,他都要把孩子从前妻那里要回来.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    The woman was the wife of a film director.

    这个女人是一个电影导演的妻子。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 20、

    He has been desolate since his wife died.

    自从妻子去世后,他一直很孤独.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 21、

    He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.

    他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 22、

    He was most insulting to my wife.

    他对我的妻子非常粗野无礼.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 23、

    the doctor's wife

    医生的太太

    牛津词典
  • 24、

    his second wife

    他的第二任妻子

    朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
  • 25、

    an increase in the number of working wives

    已婚职业妇女人数的增加

    牛津词典
  • 26、

    He married his wife Jane 37 years ago...

    他37年前娶了妻子简。

    柯林斯高阶英语词典
  • 27、

    a refuge for battered wives

    受虐妻子的庇护所

    朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
  • 28、

    Have you met my wife?

    你见过我的妻子吗？

    朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
  • 29、

    She's his second wife.

    她是他的第二任妻子。

    牛津词典
  • 30、

    His affections were turned from his wife.

    他对妻子的感情转移了.

    《现代汉英综合大词典》
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