widowhood
['wɪdohʊd]
- n. 守寡；寡妇的身份
英文词源
- widowhood (n.)
- c. 1200, from widow (n.) + -hood. Modifying or replacing Old English wuduwanhad "state of a woman who has no husband."
双语例句
- 1. Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.
- 守寡的打击和悲伤让人难以承受。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age.
- 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. When did this fleeing woman who had maintained a chaste widowhood find a husband?
- 这守活寡的逃妇几时有了个新老公?
来自汉英文学 - 围城
- 4. Laura Henderson : [ at her husband's funeral ] I'm bored with widowhood.
- 萝拉?韩德森: [ 在她先生的葬礼上 ] 我当寡妇已经当烦了.
来自互联网
- 5. Some commentators argue her appeal stems from national sympathy for her widowhood.
- 有些评论人士认为,索尼娅的吸引力来自全国民众对她遗孀身份的同情.
来自互联网