wife

[waɪf]

基础释义

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n.
妻子;已婚妇女;

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复数: wives

更新时间：2026-03-07 23:30:44

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”。

速记技巧

谐音记忆法

吾爱夫=深爱丈夫的是他的妻子。

词源记忆法

英语单词wife现在一般用来表示“妻子”，但在古代，它的本意是woman（妇女）。在一些由它构成的复合词中我们还能看到它的这种含义，如midwife（产婆）、alewife（啤酒店老板娘）、housewife（家庭主妇）、fishwife（卖鱼妇）等。并且，单词woman本身就是由wife+man构成的，原本拼写为wifman。“妻子”之意原本是wife的一个特殊含义，在现代英语中反而成为了它的主要含义。

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知识拓展

单词用法

wife的意思是“妻子”，指相对于丈夫而言的女人。

give sb to wife表示“嫁给某人为妻”，take（have〕sb to wife表示“娶某人为妻”“娶妻”也可用marry a wife。

单词集锦

亲人相关的英语单词

father爸爸
mother妈妈
grandfather爷爷
grandmother奶奶
husband丈夫
wife妻子
brother兄弟
sister姐妹
uncle叔叔
auntie阿姨
son儿子
daughter女儿

重要短语

husband and wife 夫妻

good wife 好太太，贤内助

wife and children 妻儿

second wife 第二任妻子

双语例句

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1、

His wife found out he'd been carrying on with another woman.

他的妻子发现他和另一个女人勾勾搭搭。
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2、

The children are spending the weekend with my ex and his new wife.

孩子们与我的前夫及其新夫人在一起度周末。
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3、

He separated from his wife after 20 years of marriage.

他和妻子在结婚20年后分居了。
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4、

After his wife died, he really hit the bottle.

他妻子死后，他就酗酒了。
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5、

the doctor's wife

医生的太太
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6、

Have you heard about poor old Harry? His wife's left him.

你听说了不幸的老哈里的近况吗？他妻子离他而去了。
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7、

He met his wife through a computer dating agency.

他是通过电脑红娘认识他妻子的。
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8、

He had already made provisions for his wife and children before the accident.

意外事故发生之前，他已为妻子、儿女做好了经济安排。
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9、

(formal)May we offer our deepest sympathies on the death of your wife.

我们谨对尊夫人去世表示最深切的慰唁。
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10、

He makes payments to his ex-wife for the upkeep of their children.

他向前妻支付子女的抚养费。
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11、

When his wife died, his entire world was turned upside down.

他妻子死后，他的整个生活变得一塌糊涂。
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12、

His wife was a real lady.

他的妻子真是个娴雅的淑女。
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13、

his stylish wife

他那时髦的妻子
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14、

I don't really trust him ─ nor his wife, come to that.

我不太信任他——说起信任，我也不信任他的妻子。
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15、

Tragically, his wife was killed in a car accident.

他的妻子在车祸中不幸身亡。
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16、

By then, Henry seemed less compliant with his wife's wishes than he had six months before.

与六个月以前相比，亨利当时对他妻子的意愿似乎已不那么百依百顺了。
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17、

He's been separated from his wife for a year.

他和妻子分居一年了。
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18、

His wife came in, dripping with diamonds.

他的妻子浑身珠光宝气地走了进来。
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19、

After his wife died, he had nothing to live for.

妻子去世后，他便没有了生活目标。
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20、

He was content to watch from the sidelines as his wife built up a successful business empire.

他满足于站在一旁，看妻子一步步地建立起一个成功的商业帝国。
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21、

His wife is very religious.

她的妻子非常虔诚。
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22、

His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.

他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
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23、

an arranged marriage (= one in which the parents choose a husband or wife for their child)

一桩包办的婚姻
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24、

He met his future wife at law school.

他在法学院结识了他未来的妻子。
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25、

He has recently been reconciled with his wife.

他最近已经和妻子和好了。
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26、

Since he left his wife he's certainly gone down in my estimation.

他离弃妻子后我对他的看法便不如以前了。
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27、

Nothing could console him when his wife died.

他妻子去世后，什么事情也不能使他感到宽慰。
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28、

He was utterly bereft when his wife died.

他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。
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29、

She's his second wife.

她是他的第二任妻子。
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30、

Can I introduce my wife?

我来介绍一下我的妻子。
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