widow

• vt. 使成寡妇
• n. 寡妇；孀妇

来自PIE*weidh,分开，词源同wide,with,divide。用于指寡妇。

1. a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

widow

widow: [OE] A widow is etymologically a woman who has been ‘separated’, left ‘solitary’. The word goes back ultimately to Indo- European *widhewo, an adjective formed from the base *weidh- ‘separate’ (source also of English divide and Sanskrit vidhu- ‘solitary’). This produced a large number of words for ‘widow’ in the Indo-European languages, including Latin vidua (source of French veuve, Italian vedova, and Spanish viuda), Russian and Czech vdova, and Welsh gweddr. To the Germanic languages it has given German witwe and Dutch weduwe as well as English widow. Widower was coined in the 14th century.
=> divide, individual

widow (n.)

Old English widewe, wuduwe, from Proto-Germanic *widuwo (cognates: Old Saxon widowa, Old Frisian widwe, Middle Dutch, Dutch weduwe, Dutch weeuw, Old High German wituwa, German Witwe, Gothic widuwo), from PIE adjective *widhewo (cognates: Sanskrit vidhuh "lonely, solitary," vidhava "widow;" Avestan vithava, Latin vidua, Old Church Slavonic vidova, Russian vdova, Old Irish fedb, Welsh guedeu "widow;" Persian beva, Greek eitheos "unmarried man;" Latin viduus "bereft, void"), from root *weidh- "to separate" (source of second element in Latin di-videre "to divide;" see with).

Extended to "woman separated from or deserted by her husband" from mid-15c. (usually in a combination, such as grass widow). As a prefix to a name, attested from 1570s. Meaning "short line of type" (especially at the top of a column) is 1904 print shop slang. Widow's mite is from Mark xii:43. Widow's peak is from the belief that hair growing to a point on the forehead is an omen of early widowhood, suggestive of the "peak" of a widow's hood. The widow bird (1747) so-called in reference to the long black tail feathers of the males, suggestive of widows' veils.

widow (v.)

early 14c.; see widow (n.). Related: Widowed; widowing.

The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers.

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This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery Jackpot in history.

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

She was widowed when she was 35.

她35岁时就守了寡。

牛津词典

his widowed father

他鳏居的父亲

牛津词典

The Widow Douglas stayed by to see that he obeyed.

道格拉斯寡妇呆在卧室里监督汤姆,防止他乱讲乱说.

英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

When Mr Jones died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order.

琼斯先生死后, 他的律师帮助遗孀妥善处理事务.

期刊摘选

The widow was hard up against it, ever so hard.

这位寡妇当吃了很多苦, 真是苦极了.

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All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow.

所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

For example, a widow might borrow just $ 30 to $ 100.

例如, 一个寡妇可能借三十到一百美元.

期刊摘选

A widow is a woman whose husband is dead and who has not married again.

寡妇是丈夫死了而且没有再婚的女人.

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A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.

那时,来了一个穷寡妇,投了两个小钱,即一文铜钱的四分之一.

期刊摘选

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

9愿他的儿女为孤儿,他的妻子为寡妇.

期刊摘选

Martha was a very rich young widow.

玛莎是个很有钱的年轻寡妇.

《简明英汉词典》

Whenever the widow called " Ah Fu , " her voice dripped with honey.

那寡妇有事叫 “ 阿福 ”, 声音里滴得下蜜糖.

汉英文学 - 围城

The widow was garbed in black.

那寡妇穿着黑衣服.

辞典例句

So, he asked the widow, " do you mind if I have some of these nuts? "

所以他就问那个寡妇, ‘ 我可以吃些盘子里的花生 吗 ? ’

期刊摘选

His widow has taken over the running of the company.

他的遗孀接手经营这家公司.

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All the neighbours supposed her to be a widow.

她的邻居都认为她是个寡妇.

辞典例句

Mama Corleone, dressed in her widow black, was already sitting in it, waiting for her.

考利昂妈妈穿着她的黑色寡妇服, 早已坐在汽车里等她了.

教父部分

So that was who poor Charles Hamilton's widow was carrying on with!

这就是可怜的查尔斯-汉密尔顿的遗孀在勾搭的那个人 呀 !

飘（部分）

It was he who had made the marriage between his friend Frank and the widow Amory.

他的朋友弗朗克和艾默里寡妇的结婚,还是他撮合的.

辞典例句

His words made Widow Zhang weep more bitterly than ever.

张寡妇听说,哭得更加苦了.

期刊摘选

A buxom widow must be either married , buried or shut up in a convent.

寡妇门前是非多.

《简明英汉词典》

As soon as she became a widow she devoted herself to women's higher education.

丈夫一死,她就致力于女子高等教育.

期刊摘选

Some villains robbed the widow of the savings.

有几个歹徒将寡妇的积蓄劫走了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The widow is in possession of a large fortune.

那个寡妇占有大笔财产.

《简明英汉词典》

The widow gossiped about her neighbors.

这个寡妇说邻居的闲话了.

《简明英汉词典》

The woman offered written affidavits proving that she was the widow of Pancho Villa.

这女人提供书面证书,证明自己是庞科·比亚的遗孀.

《简明英汉词典》

She's a widow now.

她现在是寡妇。

柯林斯例句

His widow has taken over the running of his empire, including six London theatres.

他的遗孀已接手管理他创下的帝国，其中包括6家伦敦剧院。

柯林斯例句