wife /waif/ n. ［c］ (pl.wives /waivz/) 妻子：She’s his third wife 她是他的第三个老婆。as husband and wife 如夫妻般地：Although never married, they lived together as husband and wife for fifty years. 尽管没有结婚，他们如夫妻般地在一块生活了50年。

wifely adj. 妻子般的，女人般的

ex-wife n. 前妻