dowager

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdaʊədʒə/    美 /ˈdaʊəd͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
    — A reclusive dowager owned the pastures across the river, and her farmhands ran beef cattle on them.
  2. The widow of the holder of a title (usually a member of the peerage or a baronet); used in combination with the title she held during her husband's lifetime.
    — the Earl and Countess of Whiteacre, and the Earl's mother, the dowager Countess of Whiteacre
  3. Any lady of dignified bearing, especially an older one.
    — A stately dowager entered the ballroom, and all eyes were upon her.

词形变化

dowagers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dowagerish dowagerism dowagerlike dowagerly dowager's hump empress dowager queen dowager
相关词
dower

词源

From Middle French douagere, douagiere, from douage (“dower”), from the verb douer (“to endow”), from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”).
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