in-laws
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈin-laws noun [plural] informal SSFFAMILYyour relatives by marriage, especially the father and mother of your husband or wife 姻亲〔尤指公婆或岳父母〕 → mother-in-law, father-in-law We have to spend Christmas with the in-laws. 我们得和姻亲们一起过圣诞节。
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in-laws• Then wash up, change your clothes, and come greet your future in-laws.• But without the financial support from her in-laws it was difficult to continue, so she returned home without completing the program.• Her elder sister had married and moved to her in-laws.• I understand they were both hoping for a child, as well as his in-laws.• Jimmy: Because his in-laws live there.• We lived with my in-laws until we had enough money to buy a house of our own.• My in-laws are coming to visit next week.• My in-laws didn't know - I didn't tell them.• Elizabeth and her children were kicked out of the Wartburg castle by the in-laws.• Providence saw fit to favour me with wonderful in-laws.ˈin-laws nounChineseSyllable
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in-laws
ˈin-laws
noun [plural] informal
your relatives by marriage, especially the father and mother of your husband or wife ⇨ mother-in-law, father-in-law:
We have to spend Christmas with the in-laws.
ˈin-laws
noun [plural] informalyour relatives by marriage, especially the father and mother of your husband or wife ⇨ mother-in-law, father-in-law: