- 1nA1/waɪf/妻子 / 太太
A woman who is married to a man.
A woman一個女人 who is married to a man和一個男人結婚的
示範例句 · Example
Have you met my wife? Her name is Lily.
逐字你見過我太太嗎？她叫莉莉。
「wife」是「一個男人結了婚的女人」，也就是太太。複數要把 f 改成 ves，變成 wives。和 husband（丈夫）是一對。中文常說「太太」「老婆」「妻子」，看場合選用。
常見搭配
my/his wife
我的／他的太太
the woman someone is married to
This is my wife, Mei.
ex-wife / former wife
前妻
a woman a man was married to before
He stays friends with his ex-wife.
husband and wife
夫妻
a married man and woman together
They have been husband and wife for ten years.
意思相反
core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.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。