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widow n.寡妇；遗孀vt.使丧偶 (1) 寡妇为她独生子的死而悲痛。(2) 那位可怜的寡妇在家里替人洗衣服度日。(3) 我一定要帮助他的遗孀和女儿们。(4) 所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费。 If a person's spouse dies, that person is referred to as either a widow or — in the case of a man whose wife dies — a widower. In most cases, people stop using the word widow if the woman marries again. Back in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it was common to use widow as a prefix to a woman's name, instead of "Mrs." The Indo-European root word of widow means "be empty."

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英 ['wɪdəʊ] 美 ['wɪdoʊ] (1) The widow lamented the death of her only child.(2) The poor widow earns money by taking in washing.(3) I should assist his widow and daughters.(4) All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow. A widow is a woman whose husband has died. If your uncle dies, your aunt will become a widow. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]寡妇；遗孀 A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again.

英语单词	widow
英美音标	英 ['wɪdəʊ] 美 ['wɪdoʊ]
中文释义	n.寡妇；遗孀 vt.使丧偶
英语例句	(1) The widow lamented the death of her only child. (2) The poor widow earns money by taking in washing. (3) I should assist his widow and daughters. (4) All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow.
中文例句	(1) 寡妇为她独生子的死而悲痛。 (2) 那位可怜的寡妇在家里替人洗衣服度日。 (3) 我一定要帮助他的遗孀和女儿们。 (4) 所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费。
vocabulary简明	A widow is a woman whose husband has died. If your uncle dies, your aunt will become a widow.
vocabulary扩展	If a person's spouse dies, that person is referred to as either a widow or — in the case of a man whose wife dies — a widower. In most cases, people stop using the word widow if the woman marries again. Back in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it was common to use widow as a prefix to a woman's name, instead of "Mrs." The Indo-European root word of widow means "be empty."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]寡妇；遗孀 A widow is a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again.

Widow Woman Money Husband Dies Word 英 Wɪdəʊ] 美