spouse

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n. 配偶

发音

US /spaʊ̯s/

词形变化

spice spouses 复数 spouses spoused spouses 三单 spousing spousing 现在分词 spoused 过去式 spoused 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

配偶

动词

和…结婚

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

    配偶

    People should treat their spouses with respect.

v.
  1. 1.

    To wed; to espouse.

    过时

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

partner mate better half

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

相关短语

work spouse surviving spouse pretermitted spouse military spouse First Spouse

词源

From Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin spōnsus m (“bridegroom”), spōnsa f (“bride”), from spondeō (“to vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. Displaced native Old English ġemaca. Related to espouse and sponsor.

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