解释
- adj. 适于做妻子的;像妻的;妻的
※ 提供单词"wifely"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照,中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- wifely (adj.)
- Old English wiflic "womanly, pertaining to a woman," from wife + -ly (1). From late 14c. as "befitting a wife."
例句和用法
- 1. My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
- 我母亲大谈为妻之道。
- 2. She strove to perform all her wifely functions perfectly.
- 她努力做一个无可挑剔的贤妻。
- 3. It was not wifely modesty at all . By so much was her pride satisfied.
- 这根本不是出于妇道人家的稳重,这样做只是满足了她的虚荣心.
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹