dowager
发音
英 [ˈdaʊədʒə(r)]
美 [ˈdaʊədʒɚ]
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- n.
- 继承亡夫爵位（或遗产的）遗孀，贵妇
单词词源
dowager 孀居贵妇
来自古法语douagere, 来自词根don, 给予，词源同data, donate. 用来指孀居贵妇。
双语例句
- 1. " In spite of her age , the lady dowager looked forward to any excitement . "
- “贾母虽年老，却极有兴头。”
- 2. Like to a step dame ora dowager .
- 像一个继妇或寡妇。
- 3. The dowager duchess lives in a grace and favour apartment at hampton court .
- 那个公爵遗孀居住在汉普顿大楼饮赐的公寓内。
- 4. The empress dowager had the motive .
- 皇太后慈禧就有此动机。
- 5. As she knew that the lady dowager had given her to baoyu she felt this would not be an undue liberty .
- “袭人素知贾母已将自己与了宝玉的，今便如此，亦不为越礼”