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spouse 音标拼音: [sp'ɑʊs] n. 配偶,夫妻 配偶,夫妻 spouse n 1: a person' s partner in marriage [ synonym: { spouse}, { partner}, { married person}, { mate}, { better half}] Spouse \ Spouse\ ( spouz), v. t. [ See { Espouse}, and { Spouse}, n.] To wed; to espouse. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] This markis hath her spoused with a ring. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock' s solemnize. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] She was found again, and spoused to Marinell. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Spouse \ Spouse\ ( spouz), n. [ OF. espous, espos, fem. espouse, F. [' e] poux, [' e] pouse, fr. L. sponsus, sponsa, prop. p. p. of spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one' s self. Cf. { Despond}, { Espouse}, { Respond}, { Sponsor}.] 1. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. [ 1913 Webster] At last such grace I found, and means I wrought, That I that lady to my spouse had won. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A married man, in distinction from a { spousess} or { married woman}; a bridegroom or husband. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] At which marriage was [ were] no persons present but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man. -- Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster] |
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