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widow 音标拼音: [w'ɪdo] n. 寡妇,孀妇
vt. 使成寡妇 寡妇,孀妇使成寡妇 widow寡妇; 未排足的行; 半行; 短行( 指上页多出移转下页的半行 ) widow半行 widow n 1: a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried [ synonym: { widow}, { widow woman}] v 1: cause to be without a spouse; " The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia" Widow \ Wid" ow\ ( w[ i^] d"[- o]), n. [ OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw[= o], Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[= a]; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. " hi` qeos a bachelor. [ root] 248. Cf. { Vidual}.] A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. " A poor widow." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Card Playing) In various games ( such as " hearts"), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Grass widow}. See under { Grass}. { Widow bewitched}, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [ Colloq.] { Widow- in- mourning} ( Zool.), the macavahu. { Widow monkey} ( Zool.), a small South American monkey ({ Callithrix lugens}); -- so called on account of its color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face. { Widow' s chamber} ( Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled. [ 1913 Webster]
Widow \ Wid" ow\, a. Widowed. " A widow woman." -- 1 Kings xvii. 9. " This widow lady." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Widow \ Wid" ow\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Widowing}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle. [ 1913 Webster] Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave. [ 1913 Webster] The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary storms o' er all prevail. -- J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster] Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn. -- Heber. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To endow with a widow' s right. [ R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow them all. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] |
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