Word · Frequency #24667
widowhood
守寡；寡居；孀居
核心释义
the state or time of being a widow
- 1.
成为寡妇或鳏夫的状态或时期。
The state or period of being a widow or widower.
成为寡妇或鳏夫的状态或时期。；寡妇身分；守寡
用法In use
She faced a long widowhood after her husband passed away.
用法提示：widowhood 作名词，指丈夫去世后寡居的时期。
Widowhood can be a time of both grief and personal growth.
用法提示：widowhood 在此句作主语，表示守寡这一状态。
His grandmother's widowhood began when she was only forty.
用法提示：widowhood 与所有格连用，指守寡的时期。
in one's widowhood
用作时间状语，相当于 during one's widowhood。
In her widowhood, she devoted herself to charity.
寡居期间，她投身于慈善事业。
spend one's widowhood doing sth
强调以某种方式度过寡居期，后接动名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- widowhood effect
- 丧偶效应
- The widowhood effect is stronger in the first months after a spouse's death.丧偶效应在配偶去世后的最初几个月更为明显。
- in widowhood
- 守寡期间；寡居期间
- She returned to work in widowhood to support her children.她在守寡期间重新工作以抚养孩子。
- adjust to widowhood
- 适应守寡生活
- It took her years to adjust to widowhood after her husband died.丈夫去世后，她花了好几年才适应守寡生活。
- face widowhood
- 面临守寡生活
- Many older women face widowhood and have to manage finances alone.许多老年女性面临守寡生活，必须独自管理财务。
- enter widowhood
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 widow（寡妇）和表状态的 -hood 连起来记：widowhood 就是守寡、寡居的那段时光。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、academic research、literary prose widowhood 是较正式的书面用词，通常用于社会学、法律或文学讨论；日常口语中较少单独使用，多说 being a widow 或 after her husband died。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都带有拼写后缀 -hood，词尾读音相同，均为 /hʊd/，但它们都不与 widowhood 押韵，因为 widowhood 的重音在第一个音节，押韵需从重读音节到词尾完全一致。另请注意 lookalike：window /ˈwɪndoʊ/ 与 widow /ˈwɪdoʊ/ 拼写相近，但读音不同。
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