husband
US: /ˈhəzbənd/
UK: /hˈʌsbənd/
UK: /hˈʌsbənd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
husband /'hʌzbənd/
- danh từ
- người chồng
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) người quản lý, người trông nom (việc chi tiêu...)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) người làm ruộng
- ngoại động từ
- tiết kiệm, dành dụm; khéo sử dụng
- to husband one's resources: khéo sử dụng các tài nguyên của mình
- (thơ ca), (đùa cợt) gả chồng
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) lấy, cưới (vợ)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) cày cấy (ruộng đất)
- tiết kiệm, dành dụm; khéo sử dụng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun (also informal hubby) the man that a woman is married to; a married man: This is my husband, Steve.
Idioms: husband and wife a man and woman who are married to each other: They lived together as husband and wife (= as if they were married) for years. + a husband-and-wife team
+ verb [VN] (formal) to use sth very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it: Times are hard and we have to husband our resources. + She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 mate, spouse, groom, bridegroom, partner, Colloq old man, hubby:
My husband and I take turns cleaning the house.
v.
2 save, keep, retain, hoard, conserve, preserve, store; budget, economize (on), manage:
If we husband our resources, we shall have enough for a rainy day.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
future, prospective | suitable | ex-, former | dead, deceased, late | good, loving, wonderful | faithful | errant, unfaithful | estranged | absent | jealous | dominant, domineering | brutal, violent | house
(= a man who stays at home to look after children, cook, clean, etc. while his wife works)
VERB + HUSBAND
meet
That was the day she met her future husband.
| marry | be divorced from, be separated from, divorce, leave, walk out on
She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.
PHRASES
husband and wife
They lived together as husband and wife for over thirty years.
| husband-to-be
Concise English dictionary
husbands|husbanded|husbanding'hʌzbənd
noun
+a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
verb
+use cautiously and frugally
