英语单词

widowhood是什么意思

widowhood

['wɪdohʊd]
  • n. 守寡;寡妇的身份

英文词源


widowhood (n.)
c. 1200, from widow (n.) + -hood. Modifying or replacing Old English wuduwanhad "state of a woman who has no husband."

双语例句


1. Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.
守寡的打击和悲伤让人难以承受。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age.
守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. When did this fleeing woman who had maintained a chaste widowhood find a husband?
这守活寡的逃妇几时有了个新老公?

来自汉英文学 - 围城

4. Laura Henderson : [ at her husband's funeral ] I'm bored with widowhood.
萝拉?韩德森: [ 在她先生的葬礼上 ] 我当寡妇已经当烦了.

来自互联网

5. Some commentators argue her appeal stems from national sympathy for her widowhood.
有些评论人士认为,索尼娅的吸引力来自全国民众对她遗孀身份的同情.

来自互联网

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