2.ex-husbanda man that a woman used to be married to 前夫
3.husband and wifeMARRYa man and woman who are married to each other 夫妻,夫妇
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husband and wife• The Plot A husband and wife longed for a child, and after many years the wife became pregnant.• A husband and wifepartnership ran a chemist's shop.• Both husband and wife are undecided and somewhat ambivalent about having a child, or buying a house.• If husband and wife are entertaining, then invite another couple.• The distribution in the next generationdepends on the correlation between the wealth of husbands and wives.• It's seems that their marriage is a lost cause in which possess the husband and wife not real affection for one another.• The husband and wife, reaching the woods, separated in search of game.• Now we had to get the document that would officially make us husband and wife.
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husband• Mr Nicholls was, after all, a good husband for Charlotte.• Her throatdried to think that she might have revealed things about her husband to another man.• See, he boarded with this woman and her husband in Ambler, and the husband was kind of dopey.• Valerie Hermreck brings a batch of warm-from-the-oven chocolatechipcookies to her husband and children.• She lived with her husband and little girl in the city of Worcester.• Her big manlyhusband - at this moment she hated him.• How many husbands would stay at home and take care of the children while their wife goes out to work?• My husband was furious, so was 1.• I don't like Francesca's husband very much.• Gary's her second husband.
husband2 verb [transitiveT]
formalCAREFUL to be very careful in the way you use your money, supplies etc and not waste any 节约使用
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husband• And he should husband his capital accordingly.• Families have been husbanding their small reserves of food.
Originhusband1
Old Englishhusbonda, from Old Norse, from hus“house” + bondi“someone who lives in a house”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HUSBAND | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤future, prospective未來的丈夫▸➤suitable合適的丈夫▸➤former (also ex-husband)前夫▸➤dead, deceased, late亡夫▸➤first, second, etc.第一任、第二任等丈夫▸➤new新任丈夫▸➤devoted, good, loving, wonderful忠誠的/不錯的/深情的/出色的丈夫▸➤beloved心愛的丈夫▸➤faithful忠誠的丈夫▸➤cheating, errant, unfaithful出軌的丈夫;不忠的丈夫▸➤absent, estranged離家在外的/分居的丈夫▸➤jealous嫉妒的丈夫➤abusive, violent虐待妻子的/暴力的丈夫▸➤house (= a man who stays at home to care for children, cook, clean, etc. while his partner works)家庭主夫VERB + HUSBAND➤find, meet找到/認識丈夫◇That was the day she met her future husband.就在那天她遇到了後來的丈夫。➤marry出嫁▸➤be divorced from, be separated from, divorce, leave, walk out on與丈夫離異;跟丈夫分居;離開丈夫◇She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.她突然離丈夫而去,留下他獨自撫養孩子。➤betray, cheat on背叛/不忠於丈夫▸➤lose失去丈夫◇She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.一年前她丈夫因癌症去世。PHRASES➤husband and wife夫婦◇They lived together as husband and wife for over thirty years.他們夫婦共同生活了 30 多年。