Word · Frequency #3500
widows
寡妇；遗孀
widows is the plural of widow.
核心释义
a woman whose husband is dead, especially one who has not remarried
- 1.
配偶缺席的人。
A person whose spouse is absent:
- 2.
丈夫去世且未再婚的女人
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- 3.
在某些纸牌游戏中发给最高出价者的额外底牌
An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
- 4.
孤行:段落末尾单独一行被移至下一页或下一栏。
A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.
- 5.
任何一种属于Latrodectus属的毒蜘蛛(因其性食同类行为被称为“寡妇”)
Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).
配偶缺席的人。；丈夫去世且未再婚的女人；在某些纸牌游戏中发给最高出价者的额外底牌；孤行:段落末尾单独一行被移至下一页或下一栏。；任何一种属于Latrodectus属的毒蜘蛛(因其性食同类行为被称为“寡妇”)
用法In use
After her husband passed away, she lived as a widow for many years.
用法提示：widow 为名词，指丈夫已故且未再婚的女性。
The charity provides support for widows in the local community.
用法提示：widows 是 widow 的复数形式，仍表示丧偶女性。
She became a widow at forty and raised their children alone.
用法提示：widow 作表语，说明她丧偶的身份。
a widow of [sb]
表示某人的寡妇，通常用于正式或书面语。
She is a widow of a famous writer.
她是一位著名作家的遗孀。
become a widow
描述失去丈夫而成为寡妇的状态变化。
She became a widow at a young age.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- war widow
- 战争寡妇
- She became a war widow when her husband was killed in action.她在丈夫阵亡后成了战争寡妇。
- grass widow
- 留守妻子（丈夫暂时离开的妇女）
- She was a grass widow while her husband worked overseas.她丈夫在海外工作时，她就像个活寡妇。
- widow's pension
- 寡妇抚恤金
- The government provides a widow's pension to support bereaved women.政府提供寡妇抚恤金来支持丧偶妇女。
- widow's peak
- 美人尖（V形发际线）
- He inherited a widow's peak from his mother.他从母亲那里遗传了美人尖。
- widow's walk
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
寡妇（widow）少了一个n（丈夫），所以不是window（窗户）。
语境与语域Context & Register
通常用于中性语境，多出现在法律文件、新闻报道或日常交谈中，指丧偶且未再婚的女性。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，指丧偶且未再婚的女性。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the same /oʊ/ ending and same first syllable vowel /ɪ/: window, pillow, willow, billow. Be careful: shadow and meadow look similar but have different vowels (shadow /æ/, meadow /ɛ/).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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