| 单词 | widower |
| 释义 | widower (once / 2185 pages) n If your grandmother has died, you can call your grandfather a widower, or a man whose wife is no longer living. When a man loses his wife, he becomes a widower. The equivalent name for a woman whose husband dies is a widow. In many cases, a man is only referred to as a widower if he has not remarried. Both a widow and a widower are described as being widowed. The feminine form of this word came first, from the Old English widewe. The Indo-European root means "be empty," which perfectly describes the grief that many recent widowers feel. WORD FAMILYwidower: widowers+/widow: widowed, widower, widowhood, widowing, widows/widowhood: widowhoods USAGE EXAMPLESNaturally, it’s a down-to-earth widower with a precocious child and they require her aid. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Under the old law, a widow or widower of a veteran would lose their benefit if they remarried at any age. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) In Our Souls at Night, they play neighbors—he a widower, she a widow—who discover each other in the autumn of their lives. Time(Dec 27, 2016) n a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried Syn|Hyper widowman adult male, man an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
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