better half

短语

配偶（妻子）

发音

AU

词形变化

better halves 复数 better halves

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person's spouse or lover, most commonly a man's wife.

    Near-synonyms: other half (neutral valence), ball and chain (negative valence)

    Let me ask my better half and get back to you.

  2. 2.

    A very close friend or companion.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

partner mate spouse

上位词 4

relative relation significant other domestic partner

下位词 10

wife husband hubby consort newlywed helpmate bigamist helpmeet honeymooner monogamist

整体词 3

marriage man and wife married couple

词源

Ultimately from such Latin poetic phrases as animae dīmidium meae (“half of my soul”) (Horace writing about Virgil), when it instead referred to a close friend (compare soulmate). First written instance of it meaning “spouse” was in 1580 by Sir Philip Sidney.

来源：wiktionary