ex

noun
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🔊/eks/
(plural exes)
(informal)
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  1. a person’s former wife, husband or partner前妻;前夫;以前的性伴侣
    • The children are spending the weekend with my ex and his new wife.孩子们与我的前夫及其新夫人在一起度周末。🔊🔊
    Topics Family and relationshipsc1
    Word Originnoun early 19th cent.: independent usage of ex-.

ex

preposition
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🔊/eks/
(British English)
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  1. not including something不包括;除…之外
    • The price is £1 500 ex VAT.价格为 1 500 英镑,不含增值税。🔊🔊
    Word Originpreposition mid 19th cent.: from Latin, ‘out of’.