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- husband ['h^zbənd]
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1.
n
a woman's partner in marriage
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2.
n
[archaic]
a manager of an estate
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3.
n
a frugal person
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4.
vb
to manage or use (resources, finances, etc) thriftily
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5.
vt.
[archaic]
[tr]
to find a husband for
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6.
vt.
(of a woman) to marry (a man)
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7.
vt.
[tr]
[obsolete]
to till (the soil)
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8.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English h
u sbonda, from Old Norse hu sbo ndi, from hu s house + bo ndi one who has a household, from bo a to dwell
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1.
n
a woman's partner in marriage
Examples
- an attentive husband
- 一个体贴的丈夫 → attentive
- a husband jealous of other men
- 一个猜疑其他男人的丈夫 → jealous
- After divorcing, Gina came under attack from all her ex-husband's relatives and friends.
- 离婚以后，吉娜遭到了来前夫所有亲友的谴责。 → attack
- How did I find my husband? Just following my animal instinct.
- 我是怎么找到我丈夫的？就是根据本能啊。 → animal
- I work for an IT company as does my husband.
- 和我丈夫一样，我也在一家IT公司上班。
- I would burn my own house down before letting my ex-husband keep it.
- 我宁愿把房子烧掉也不想让我前夫得到。
- She went mad after her husband's death.
- 丈夫死后，她就疯了。 → mad
- Her husband gave her a low-neck dress as anniversary gift.
- 老公送了她一件低胸礼服作为结婚周年礼物。 → neck
- Her husband only nods when she speaks.
- 她丈夫在她说话时只是不断点头。 → nod
- She always cares about her husband's opinion.
- 她总是很重视丈夫的意见。 → opinion
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