spouseformal or specialized
He composed this poem for his wife.他为妻子写了这首诗。
Just out of interest, how old is your wife?只是好奇问问，你妻子多大年龄？
I seem to remember that on that occasion he was with his wife.我好像记得那一次他和她的妻子在一起。
Husbands and wives may be taxed independently.
We had dinner with our director and his charming wife.我们和主管还有他那可爱的妻子共进了晚餐。

wife | American Dictionary

wife
noun[ C ]
us/wɑɪf/pluralwivesus/wɑɪvz/
the woman to whom a man is married; a married woman

Examples of wife

wife
If his wife did these things, it reflected well on the man.
I have examined the role of the wife and how the succession of that role was carried out.
Where a wife had dementia, the husband found himself having to learn new domestic skills and become involved in intimate caring tasks.
Of course, this income foregone by the husband is eventually received by his wife.
Despite his difficulties he maintains a close and warm relationship with his children and his wife.
Heading the household were the husband and the wife, each responsible for their share of work.
The father expressed feelings of pleasure in seeing his wife relax and his children enjoying participating in the music.
The wife who cross-dresses to save her husband?
These data indicate that wives' private pensions in dual private pension households contribute marginally to greater equality in the wealth distribution.
His 47-year-old wife earned nine stuivers weekly.
The wife is already asleep in the armchair, and the children have been sent out for a nice long walk.
Thus, the husband wrote letters to doctors on behalf of his wife, functioning, as it were, as her legal guardian.
The gender divide within marriages is shown by more husbands than wives receiving expressive or instrumental support from their spouse.
Another 22 % said friends or relatives, excluding wives, had advised them.
The households we analysed were populated only by: husbands, wives, lone parents, people living alone, or children under 19 years old.
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Collocations withwife

wife

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ailing wife
Take a man who has an ailing wife requiring constant treatment.
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