1.husband的基本意思是“丈夫”,指结婚后相对于妻子而言的男人。
2.与husband相对应的阴性名词是wife。

husband and wife
夫妇 married couple
They lived together as husband and wife for years.他们结为夫妇,共同生活了很多年。
It was very sad when husbands and wives quarrelled with each other.夫妻间争吵是很不幸的事。

Her husband often buys her a lot of jewellery.她丈夫常给她买很多珠宝首饰。
My husband is out.我的丈夫出去了。
Her husband is a hard drinker.她丈夫酗酒。
Her husband is rather mean over money matters.她的丈夫在金钱问题方面非常小气。
She is calculating, but her husband is frank.她工于心计,但她的丈夫却为人坦率。
Her husband died in ripe years.她的丈夫正值壮年就去世了。
With her husband wounded and her daughter ill, she was very badly situated.丈夫受了伤,女儿又病了,她的处境很不好。
After her husband's death she felt terribly alone.丈夫死后,她感到非常地孤独。
She has been alone in the world since husband died.自丈夫死后,她一直是孤身生活。
We must be extremely discreet because my husband suspects something.我们必须极为小心才是,我丈夫已经起疑心了。
She was afraid of waking her husband up.她怕吵醒丈夫。
I'm grateful that you didn't tell my husband about this.我感激你没有把这件事告诉我的丈夫。
She is keeping a jealous eye on her husband.她猜疑地提防着自己的丈夫。
She is subordinate to her husband in every way.她对丈夫百依百顺。
He'll make someone a very good husband.谁要嫁给他那就幸福了。
John would make an ideal husband for her.约翰能够成为她理想的丈夫。
Othello was a jealous husband.奥赛罗是位嫉妒心重的丈夫。
She had two children by her first husband.她与第一个丈夫生有两个孩子。
She is faithful to her husband.她对她丈夫忠贞不渝。
She says her husband is hard to please.她说她的丈夫是难以取悦的。
A wife can have property independent of her husband.妻子可以有与其丈夫无关的财产。
He probably is your sister's husband.他可能是你姐夫。

［词源］  ＜古英语husbonda(住房的主人)