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”