husband

husband
noun
  1. a married man considered in relation to his wife
    (丈)夫
    she and her husband are both retired.
    她和丈夫都退休了。
verb
  1. [with obj.]use (resources) economically
    节约使用(资源)
    the need to husband his remaining strength.
    保养他剩余的体力的需要。
派生
husbander
noun
  1. (rare)(罕)
husbandhood
noun
husbandless
adjective
husbandly
adjective
语源
  1. late Old English (in the senses 'male head of a household' and 'manager, steward'), from Old Norse húsbóndi 'master of a house', from hús 'house' + bóndi 'occupier and tiller of the soil'. The original sense of the verb was 'till, cultivate'
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