单词 | 寡妇 |
释义 | 〔empress〕The wife or widow of an emperor.皇后,太后:帝王的妻子或寡妇〔widow〕Abbr. wid.A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.缩写 wid.寡妇,孀妇,遗孀:死了丈夫且未再嫁的妇女〔viscountess〕The wife or widow of a viscount.子爵夫人:子爵的妻子或寡妇〔suttee〕pl. sut.teesalso sa.tis A widow who commits such an act.【复数】 sut.tees 也作 sa.tis 殉夫自焚的寡妇〔moving〕"A . . . widow . . . has laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).Somethingstirring excites strong, turbulent, but not unpleasant feelings, as of inspiration: “一个…寡妇…在一封很感人的信里向他叙述她穷困的情形” (纳撒尼尔·霍桑)。与stirring 联系在一起的事物是引起强烈的、使人激动的但又并非不令人愉快的感觉,如激励: 〔dowager〕A widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband.受有亡夫遗产的寡妇〔Ruth〕In the Old Testament, a Moabite widow who left home with her mother-in-law and went to Bethlehem, where she later married Boaz.路得:旧约中的一摩押寡妇,她与她的婆母一起离开家去伯利恒,后来在那儿嫁给了波阿斯〔weed〕weeds The black mourning clothes of a widow. weeds 丧服:寡妇穿的表示哀悼的黑色衣服〔widowhood〕The condition or period of being a widow.孀居,守寡:作寡妇的情况或时间〔lady〕Used as a form of address for the wife or widow of a baron.男爵之妻的尊称:用来称呼男爵夫人或其寡妇的用语〔jointure〕An arrangement by which a man sets aside property to be used for the support of his wife after his death.寡妇授予产安排:一个男人指定财产用来在他死后维持妻子生活的一种安排〔lady〕Used as the title for the wife or widow of a knight or baronet.骑士之妻的尊称:用作骑士或准男爵夫人或寡妇的称谓〔endow〕Old French douer [to provide with a dowry] from Latin dōtāre from dōs dōt- [dowry] * see dō- 古法语 douer [加强前缀] 源自 拉丁语 dōtāre 源自 dōs dōt- [寡妇所得到的亡夫的产业] * 参见 dō- 〔peak〕A widow's peak.美人尖:寡妇额前的发尖〔widower〕from widewe [widow] * see widow 源自 widewe [寡妇] * 参见 widow〔matron〕A married woman or a widow, especially a mother of dignity, mature age, and established social position.夫人,已婚妇女:结婚的妇女或寡妇,尤指有一定社会地位的、成熟年龄的、有身份的母亲〔jointure〕The property so designated.寡妇所得产:被指定为此种用途的财产〔landgravine〕The wife or widow of a landgrave.伯爵领主的夫人或寡妇〔polite〕“‘Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry’ is an aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow" (Nancy Mitford).“‘永远要对女孩子彬彬有礼,你无法知道她们将嫁谁’这句格言使得许多英国老处女免受印第安寡妇般的对待” (南希·米特福德)。〔suttee〕The now illegal act or practice of a Hindu widow's cremating herself on her husband's funeral pyre in order to fulfill her true role as wife.殉夫自焚:印度旧时寡妇为完成作为妻子的真正职责在其丈夫葬礼上以柴堆自焚,现在是一种非法行为或做法〔relict〕Sense 2, Middle English relicte [widow] 释义2, 中古英语 relicte [寡妇] 〔suttee〕Sanskrit satī [virtuous woman, suttee] [feminine of] sant-, sat- [true, virtuous] * see es- 梵文 satī [贞洁的女人,殉夫自焚的寡妇] sant-, sat-的阴性词 [真实的,贞洁的] * 参见 es- |
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