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uxorious

/uhk-sawr-ee-uhs, -sohr-, uhg-zawr-, -zohr-/US // ʌkˈsɔr i əs, -ˈsoʊr-, ʌgˈzɔr-, -ˌzoʊr- //UK // (ʌkˈsɔːrɪəs) //

辉煌的,辉煌,辉煌灿烂

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.

Examples

  • Even his relationship with his wife has hurt his sex appeal: Uxorious men are never sexy for long.

  • Many are wedded to a theory or period, and are the most uxorious of husbands—ever ready to resent an affront to their lady.

  • A man need not, I hope, be deemed uxorious for liking a quiet dinner alone with his wife before he starts on a long journey.

  • The brewer—uxorious Andrew Cogglesby—might and would have bought the commission.

  • But the danger passed in his criticisms of the offender, whom he stigmatized as "the most uxorious and foolish of husbands."

  • In the meantime, I observed my old friend to be very uxorious and exceedingly fond of his children.