单词 | widow |
释义 | Word Frequency widow(ˈwɪdəʊ) noun 1. a woman who has survived her spouse, esp one who has not remarried 2. (usually with a modifier) informal a woman whose spouse is often away from home indulging in a sport, etc a golf widow 3. printing a short line at the end of a paragraph, esp one that occurs as the top line of a page or column Compare orphan (sense 3)4. (in some card games) an additional hand or set of cards exposed on the table verb (tr; usually passive) 5. to cause to become a widow or a widower 6. to deprive of something valued or desirable Derived forms widowhood (ˈwidowhood) noun Word origin Old English widuwe; related to German Witwe, Latin vidua (feminine of viduus deprived), Sanskrit vidhavā |
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