husband

noun

/ˈhʌzbənd/

(also informal hubby)

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the man that somebody is married to; a married man丈夫
- This is my husband, Steve.这位是我的丈夫，史蒂夫。
- How did you meet your husband?你是怎么认识你丈夫的？
- She's finally decided to leave her husband.她最终决定离开她的丈夫。
- She lost her husband (= he died) recently.她新近丧夫
- her late husband她已故的丈夫
- his husband of four years他结婚四年的丈夫
- It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.发现自己已为人夫、为人父，他着实吃了一惊。
see also house husband
Collocations Marriage and divorce
Marriage and divorce结婚和离婚Romance恋爱
- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)（疯狂地／深深地／无可救药地）爱上／爱着（某人）
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight是／相信一见钟情；一见钟情
- be/find true love/the love of your life是／找到真爱／一生的爱
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love受单相思之苦
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something对某人／某事有着／表示出强烈的／深深的／真挚的爱慕之情
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend与丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友结识／结婚
- have/go on a (blind) date有个／去约会／相亲
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman与一个小伙子／女生／男生／男人／女人在谈恋爱
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner与男朋友／女朋友／伴侣同居
Weddings婚礼
- get/be engaged/married/divorced订婚；结婚；离婚
- arrange/plan a wedding安排婚礼
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage举行隆重的婚礼；度蜜月；婚姻幸福
- have/enter into an arranged marriage有一个／走入包办婚姻
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding取消／推迟婚礼
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception邀请某人出席／参加婚礼／结婚典礼／结婚喜宴
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony举行结婚典礼
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows交换戒指；互致结婚誓言
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple祝贺这对幸福的新人；为这对幸福的伉俪干杯
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)（与妻子／丈夫）在／去度蜜月
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary庆祝第一个（结婚）纪念日
Separation and divorce分居和离婚
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend对丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友不忠
- have an affair (with somebody)（和某人）有暧昧关系
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship解除／终止婚约／恋爱关系
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend与男友／女友分手；甩掉男友／女友
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife和丈夫／妻子分居；离弃丈夫／妻子；与丈夫／妻子离婚
- annul/dissolve a marriage宣布婚姻无效；解除婚姻关系
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce申请／要求／办理离婚；离婚
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children获得／被判予／拥有／失去对孩子的监护权
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)（向前妻／前夫）支付生活费／子女抚养费
Extra Examples
- She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.一年前她丈夫因癌症去世。
- She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.她突然离丈夫而去，留下他独自抚养孩子。
- That was the day she met her future husband.就在那天她遇到了后来的丈夫。
- He is her second husband.他是她的第二任丈夫。
Topics Family and relationshipsa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- future
- prospective
- suitable
- …
verb + husband
- find
- meet
- marry
- …
phrases
- husband and wife
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Word Originlate Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsomebodyóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.

Idioms

husband and wife

a man and woman who are married to each other夫妇
- They lived together as husband and wife (= as if they were married) for years.他们像夫妻一样共同生活了很多年。
- a husband-and-wife team夫妻队

husband

verb

/ˈhʌzbənd/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they husband	/ˈhʌzbənd/ /ˈhʌzbənd/
he / she / it husbands	/ˈhʌzbəndz/ /ˈhʌzbəndz/
past simple husbanded	/ˈhʌzbəndɪd/ /ˈhʌzbəndɪd/
past participle husbanded	/ˈhʌzbəndɪd/ /ˈhʌzbəndɪd/
-ing form husbanding	/ˈhʌzbəndɪŋ/ /ˈhʌzbəndɪŋ/

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husband something to use something very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it节俭使用
- Times are hard and we have to husband our resources.时世艰难，我们不得不调配资源。
- She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors.她等待着，为她的下一个客人施展她的力量。
Word Originlate Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsomebodyóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.