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单词 widow
释义
widowwid‧ow /ˈwɪdəʊ $ -doʊ/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwidow
Origin:
Old English wuduwe
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Mourners at the funeral included Paul's widow, Sarah Jones.
  • Mr Jarvis died yesterday, leaving a widow and four children.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A massive collection was made for Charlton's young widow and four children.
  • Also patron of divorce, infidelity, and widows.
  • Conservative Members asked, why just a pensioner - what about a single widow?
  • He left a widow and three children.
  • She is a petite, trim widow of 73 who dresses stylishly and lives in a beautifully decorated Longwood home.
  • She is the widow of the head of the clan and so hers is the largest house.
  • The excused forewoman is a 55-year-old widow who works as a supervisor for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
  • The grieving widow was rich and powerful enough to hound anyone through the courts.
Thesaurus
THESAURUShusband/wife etc
the man/woman you are married to: · My wife’s a teacher.
the person you live with and have a sexual relationship with. Partner is often used when people are not married, or when you do not know if they are married. It is also used when talking about same-sex couples: · He lives with his partner Ruth and their eight-month-old son.
the man/woman you are engaged to: · He and fiancée Wendy Hodgson will marry in July.
a woman who is divorced: · The prince announced his intention to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.
a woman or man whose husband or wife has died: · Imelda Marcos, the widow of the former president
formal your spouse is your husband or wife: · The rule applies to spouses and children of military personnel.
formal someone’s estranged husband or wife is one who they do not live with anymore: · She is trying to get her sons back from her estranged husband.
Longman Language Activatornot married any more
someone who is divorced has officially ended their marriage: · He's living with a divorced woman and her two children.· Yes, she used to be married, but she's been divorced since last year.get divorced (=officially end your marriage): · They got divorced only three years after they got married.
the man or woman that you used to be married to before getting divorced: · His ex-wife never lets him see the children.
if a husband and wife are separated , they do not live with each other, because they are not happy together any more, but they are not divorced: · We're not divorced, but we've been separated for six months.
a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again: · Mr Jarvis died yesterday, leaving a widow and four children.· Mourners at the funeral included Paul's widow, Sarah Jones.
a man whose wife has died and who has not married again: · Mr Wright, a widower with one son and two grandchildren, made his first parachute jump yesterday.
if someone is widowed , their wife or husband has died and they have not married again: · Joyce had come to Tucson to live with a recently widowed aunt.
WORD SETS
baby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Pepita had been trying to remember the events that led up to being bitten by the black widow spider.· But let us remember that only six decades have passed since black widows threatened to conquer the earth.· Scientists are now making use of the black widow spider's venom to help them understand disabling human diseases.· He was built like a black widow spider, his chest and shoulders so large that it diminished his limbs.· The black widow spider and its relatives produce neurotoxins.· There are stories about the ant and a black widow spider.
· There was no elderly widow to con, but there was an empty house, and one he knew well.· He was such a handsome person. Elderly widows were always asking her about him.· The single person discount will not apply equally to the rich millionaire and to the poor elderly widow.· The government took the land immediately and gave the elderly widow 90 days to get out of her house.
· This includes married women and widows with reduced contribution liability.
· Often they say, they had no friends until they become old women, widows.· The excused forewoman is a 55-year-old widow who works as a supervisor for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.· And they say the sixty-two year old widow died for the sake of a few pounds.
· We have put her among the children until she learns. 3 I am a poor widow.· It seems to arise out of overwhelming compassion for the poor widow who was in the process of burying her only son.· The single person discount will not apply equally to the rich millionaire and to the poor elderly widow.· I am a poor widow, the victim of cannibals.
· Eberling was convicted in 1989 of the unrelated murder of a wealthy widow and is currently serving a prison term in Ohio.
· Prior to April 1988, younger widows from the age of 50 qualified for the full rate.· This young widow had seven sons.· Often the horror and humility of her widowhood would drive a young widow to follow her husband on his burning pyre.· His childhood friend has rescued the beautiful young widow, and the two of them will live happily ever after.· Age-related widows' pension is for younger widows, who do not qualify for full rate.· A massive collection was made for Charlton's young widow and four children.· The young widow came back to the ballroom to make one last request.· Who could say if Margaret was not better off a young widow, able yet to make a humbler and happier match?
NOUN
· Pepita had been trying to remember the events that led up to being bitten by the black widow spider.· He was built like a black widow spider, his chest and shoulders so large that it diminished his limbs.· There are stories about the ant and a black widow spider.· The black widow spider and its relatives produce neurotoxins.
· They were war widows or refugee country girls or serving officers of the Viet Cong.· Zuwaya saw no harm in government support for the sick, old and others unable to support themselves - such as war widows.· It has also been applied to the special Ministry of Defence payment to the pre-1973 war widows.· They would still not have equal treatment with Falklands war widows, who receive about £124 a week.· She was a war widow and worked round the clock in her efforts to bring up a young family by herself.
VERB
· A position of some influence, even if you were to become a widow.· She instead became a lonely bereaved widow.· Often they say, they had no friends until they become old women, widows.· When a wife becomes a widow, for example, there will be all sorts of social changes.· Rose became a widow two years ago and by chance met Reg while shopping.
· He had designed the first chemist shops, and died bequeathing his widow and three daughters some valuable property in Nottingham.· When he died, the widow came down here once to sign the papers when the place was sold.
· Her husband died in 1720, leaving her a childless widow in comfortable circumstances.· Her husband, who had become increasingly dear to her, left her a widow after forty years of marriage.· He leaves a widow, Trish, and sons Ben, Zac and Tom.· Mr Walker leaves a widow, Mary, and two children, Donald and Jane.· But he died rather young, leaving his widow to carry on the farm and bring up their three children.· He left a widow and four young sons.· He left a widow and four sons aged from nine years to eight months.· He left a widow, Elizabeth, and three children, all under age.
· Mrs Smith is a widow living in a small council flat in Bermondsey.· His widow, Cheryl, lives in Houston.· Annie Westoby, twenty years a widow, has lived in the same house for over forty years.· Mrs B is an 86-year-old widow, living alone in a two-apartment flat.· Mrs Archer, who had long been a widow, lived with her son and daughter in West Twenty-eighth Street.
· One of them, Merovech, attempted to outwit his stepmother by marrying Sigibert's widow, Brunhild.· One measure he took to bolster his position was to marry Sigibert's widow, Brunhild.· He'd married the widow and been a father to Rakovsky's children.
· Full-rate widows' pension is paid to widows between the ages of 55 and 59 inclusive.· I've been told he paid the widow money.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • My wife has been a golf widow for the last 30 years.
  • You've all heard of golf widows.
1a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again:  an elderly widow who was attacked and robbed last month a wealthy widow► see thesaurus at married2football/golf etc widow a woman whose husband spends all his free time watching football, playing golf etc – used humorously
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