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/waɪf/
A woman who is married to a man.
妻子 / 太太
複數 wives
核心畫面
A single, clear picture: the woman a man is married to. There is only one sense here, so the word simply names that relationship.
可以想成一個單純清楚的畫面:一個男人結了婚,他的另一半就是他的 wife。這個字只有一個意思,就是直接點名這層婚姻關…更多收起
可以想成一個單純清楚的畫面:一個男人結了婚,他的另一半就是他的 wife。這個字只有一個意思,就是直接點名這層婚姻關係裡的那位女性。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wifenoun/wæf/
- 1
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
- The Fisherman and His Wife
- And I geue vnto the ſame Elizabeth my wif the ſparuers and hangings of the ſame twoo beddes vſuallye occupied, and hanging ouer and about the ſame twoo beddes[…]
- 2
The female of a pair of mated animals.
- A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
- I stepped out and advanced valiantly upon a long-maned bull in the midst of his wives. I was armed with the regular club with which the boat-pullers killed the wounded seals gaffed aboard by the hunters.
- 3
Synonym of woman.
wifeverb/wæf/
- 1
To marry (a woman).
- Mentally scarred for life, love is war / And some chicks are just too hard to wife
- Mecca knew she wasn't lying. She had the type of beauty that made niggas want to wife her.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。