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单词 widow
释义
widow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/us
/ˈwɪd.oʊ/
B2
a woman whosehusbandorwifehasdiedand who has notmarriedagain
寡妇，孀妇，遗孀
fishing/football/golf widowinformalhumorous
a woman whosepartneris often not athomebecause he or she isfishingorplayingfootballorgolf
（丈夫因钓鱼、踢足球或打高尔夫而经常不在家的）钓鱼／足球／高尔夫活寡妇
Examples
  • He had somemercenaryschemetomarryawealthywidow.
  • Thereoncewas apoorwidow who had abeautifuldaughter.
  • It's abloodydisgracethat somewarwidows don't get adecentpension.
  • AtraditionalIndiancustomused toinvolvewidowsburningthemselvesaliveontheirhusbands'funeralpyres.
  • She is amemberof abenevolentsocietyforsailors' widows.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Marriage: marital status
  • bachelor
  • bachelorette
  • bachelorhood
  • be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom
  • between
  • grass widow
  • honeymooners
  • live in
  • lone
  • married
  • marry
  • singleton
  • spinster
  • spinsterhood
  • spoken for
  • trophy wife
  • widowed
  • widower
  • widowhood
  • wifely
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widow
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/us
/ˈwɪd.oʊ/
If someone has been widowed,theirhusbandorwifehasdied:
丧夫；丧妻
He was widowed at theageof 52.他52岁时妻子去世。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Marriage: marital status
  • bachelor
  • bachelorette
  • bachelorhood
  • be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom
  • between
  • grass widow
  • honeymooners
  • live in
  • lone
  • married
  • marry
  • singleton
  • spinster
  • spinsterhood
  • spoken for
  • trophy wife
  • widowed
  • widower
  • widowhood
  • wifely
See more results »
(Definition ofwidowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

widow| American Dictionary

widow
noun[C]
us
/ˈwɪd·oʊ/
a woman whosehusbandhasdiedand who has notmarriedagain
(Definition ofwidowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwidow

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Elderly widows (29%) were most exposed to inadequate care because of their low status in their families and among their spouse's kin.
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While daughters and married women rarely held or managed landed property on their own, the situation with regard to widows was very different.
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Two men who had become homeless after being widowed bought recipe books and learned to cook for the first time in their lives.
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Of the unmarried women, only 18.2% were never-married, whereas (unlike any of the men) 15.2% were widowed and 7.5% were divorced.
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One-half were married and the remainder were single, widowed, separated or divorced.
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Racial differences in the determinants of the living arrangements of widowed and divorced elderly women.
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Approximately one-half of the sample (54.2 %) were currently married, 38.0 per cent widowed and 7.8 per cent divorced, separated or never-married.
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The vast majority of adult descendants were married, widowed or divorced.
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Marital status was coded in four categories : single ; married ; separated, widowed or divorced ; and unstated.
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Marital status distinguishes between partnered men (married or cohabiting) and those who are currently widowed, divorced (or separated), or never married.
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About two-thirds were females (62%), 19% were married, 12% divorced, 35% widowed, and 34% were single.
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The editors emphasize that their subject is ' never-married ' women, not widows, whose situation differed significantly in the eyes of society and the law.
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Thirty-seven people said they enjoyed seeing friends for company and the opportunity to do things with others (particularly if they were widowed).
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Longitudinal changes in mental and physical health among elderly, recently widowed men.
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Partners of unequal age married, leaving widows and older single women without partners.
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Collocationswithwidow

widow

These are words often used in combination withwidow.

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childless widow
Most vulnerable was the young, childless widow.
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elderly widow
Elderlywidowdevelops panic attacks, followed by depression.
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poor widow
Remarks like this reflect the social attitudes to widowhood which cause people to put on their 'visiting the poor widow' expression when calling on the bereaved.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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