be a widower
He is a widower and lives alone.
他是个鳏夫，独自生活。
鳏夫
丧偶且未再婚的男子；相对于已故配偶的男子；寡妇的阳性形式。；妻子去世的男子,尤指未再婚者；鳏夫；[法] 鳏夫
丧偶且未再婚的男子；相对于已故配偶的男子；寡妇的阳性形式。
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
妻子去世的男子,尤指未再婚者
a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried
After his wife passed away, he became a widower and learned to live alone.
妻子去世后，他成了鳏夫，学会了独自生活。
用法提示：widower 在此作名词，表示妻子已故且未再婚的男子。
The widower still wears his wedding ring and talks about his wife fondly.
那位鳏夫仍然戴着婚戒，深情地谈起他的妻子。
用法提示：widower 在句中作主语，指丧偶的男性。
Many widowers find comfort in joining support groups after losing a spouse.
许多鳏夫在失去配偶后从参加互助小组中得到安慰。
用法提示：widowers 是复数形式，泛指丧偶男子群体。
He is a widower and lives alone.
他是个鳏夫，独自生活。
widower 指丧偶的男性；丧偶的女性用 widow。
He became a widower after his wife died.
妻子去世后，他成了鳏夫。
She married a widower with two children.
她嫁给了一个带着两个孩子的鳏夫。
与 widower 语义最接近，但这是短语；语气中性，口语和书面均可。
侧重丧亲之痛，常用于妻子刚去世不久；不强调‘未再婚’，而 widower 是客观身份状态。
偏法律/正式语境，强调配偶死亡后仍活着的关系；不隐含是否再婚。
grammar · medium
易错句子After his wife died, he became a widow.
正确表达After his wife died, he became a widower.
widow 指遗孀（女性），widower 指鳏夫（男性）。表示男性配偶去世，要用 widower，不能把 widow 当作通用词。
grammar · medium
易错句子His uncle is widower.
正确表达His uncle is a widower.
widower 是可数名词，单数作表语时必须加不定冠词 a/an；中文没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
该义项指丧偶且未再婚的男性，与在婚的‘丈夫（husband）’相对；‘widow（寡妇）’是女性对应词而非反义词，二者不可互换。
成为鳏夫；丧偶
He became a widower after his wife died of cancer.
妻子因癌症去世后，他成了鳏夫。
悲伤的鳏夫
The grieving widower visited his wife's grave every Sunday.
这位悲伤的鳏夫每个星期天都去妻子的墓前。
年轻的鳏夫
The young widower struggled to raise his son alone.
这位年轻的鳏夫独自抚养儿子过得很艰难。
年迈的鳏夫
The elderly widower spent most of his time gardening.
这位年迈的鳏夫大部分时间都在打理花园。
使某人成为鳏夫；使某人丧偶
The accident left him a widower at the age of thirty.
那场事故使他三十岁就成了鳏夫。
widower = widow（寡妇/丧偶者） + -er（表男性的后缀）；无前缀。同根词：widow（寡妇）、widowed（丧偶的）。
指失去亲人后的状态，widower 正处于丧亲之痛中。
配偶去世后举行葬礼，是 widower 要处理的仪式。
丧偶后最普遍的情绪，widower 会经历悲伤。
一些 widower 可能在之后考虑再婚。
widower 就是失去了配偶（妻子）的男人。
“草鳏夫”，指妻子暂时不在身边的已婚男子
Tom is a grass widower this week while his wife visits her parents in Shanghai.
汤姆的妻子去上海探望父母，这周他成了“草鳏夫”。
“高尔夫鳏夫”，指因妻子沉迷高尔夫球而被冷落的丈夫
He became a golf widower after his wife started playing in weekend tournaments.
自从他妻子开始参加周末高尔夫锦标赛，他就成了“高尔夫鳏夫”。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.