wives

wives — noun

1. the form of the noun 'wife' used when speaking about more than one married woman

1.名詞A1
釋義

the form of the noun 'wife' used when speaking about more than one married woman — for example, when a group of men talk about their partners, or when people refer to women married to members of a group such as diplomats or soldiers.

例句

Liang and his friends took their wives out for dinner to celebrate the holiday.

plural form: their wives (more than one)

At the company picnic, the wives of the senior managers sat together and chatted.

反義詞

用法筆記

Wives is the irregular plural form of 'wife' (the -f ending changes to -ves). Chinese does not inflect nouns for number, so 妻子 remains the same for both singular and plural; context or modifiers (such as 們) signal plurality.

常見錯誤

❌He introduced his two wifes to the host.
✅He introduced his two wives to the host.
💡The plural of 'wife' is 'wives', not 'wifes'.