wife
[waif]
n.
女人,妇人[仍用于复合词midwife,housewife等中]
妻子；夫人；已婚妇女
[俚语]同性恋伙伴关系中的被动方
喜爱的妓女，(特指)妓院老板喜爱的妓女
vi., vt.
[罕用语]= wive
短语:
all the world and his wife
见 world
bachelor's wife
[罕用语]
独身者理想中的妻子
人尽可夫的女人；妓女
Caesar's wife must (或 ought to) be above suspicion.
[谚语]恺撒之妻不应被人怀疑；跟伟大人物有关的人必须洁身自爱。
child wife
很年轻的妻子
common-law wife
姘头；未经正式结婚仪式与男方同居的女人
Dutch wife
竹夫人(盛行于前荷属东印度群岛的长筒形抱枕)
have (或 take) someone to wife
娶某人为妻
left-hand (或 left-handed) wife
嫁给贵族的非贵族女子
比丈夫身分低微的女子
[俚语]小老婆[亦作 wife of the left hand]
old wife
老妇
饶舌的老太婆；好搬弄是非的人
老太婆脾气的男人
The shoemaker's wife often goes in ragged shoes.
[谚语]鞋匠的老婆没鞋穿。
There is one good wife in the country and every man thinks he has her.
[谚语]老婆是自己的好。
wife of the left hand
出身低贱的妻子
wife out of Westminster
可疑的妻子
wife's equity
【法律】妻子在平衡法中的权利
变形：
n.
wives