dowager是什么意思？

dowager

英[ˈdaʊədʒə(r)] 美[ˈdaʊədʒɚ]

• n. 继承亡夫爵位（或遗产的）遗孀，贵妇；

复数：dowagers;

例句

• Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent. 西太后本人当时并非是无能为力的.
• the dowager Duchess of Norfolk 诺福克公爵遗孀
• Appearance of the United States , like beauty, like the Dowager Concubine Yang? 外貌美, 想西施, 杨贵妃那样的倾国倾城?
• And was she an adventuress like the Empress Dowager Yehonala? 江青是否像慈禧一样的人?
• Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence. 在皇帝遗孀面前任何人不得进餐。
• ...the Dowager Countess Spencer... 斯潘塞伯爵遗孀

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  (已故公爵、君主等的)孀居贵妇
  You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank.
  例句
  ...the Dowager Countess Spencer... 斯潘塞伯爵遗孀 Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence. 在皇帝遗孀面前任何人不得进餐。
• N-COUNT
  气度不凡的老妇;老年贵妇
  If you describe a woman as a dowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important.
  例句
  ...like stately dowagers on a cruise. 像游轮上气宇不凡的老年贵妇

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a widow holding property received from her deceased husband