dowager

dowager

英 ['daʊədʒə]
　　美 ['daʊədʒɚ]

n. 貴婦；繼承亡夫爵位的遺孀；老年貴婦人

中文詞源：

dowager 孀居貴婦

來自古法語douagere, 來自詞根don, 給予，詞源同data, donate. 用來指孀居貴婦。

例句：

1. Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.
在皇帝遺孀面前任何人不得進餐。

2. the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
諾福克公爵遺孀

3. The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty attended to state affairs for several decades.
清朝慈禧太後垂簾聽政幾十年.

4. Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent.
西太後本人當時並非是無能為力的.

5. Here was still a lofty self - regard in her bearing the dignity of a dowager empress.
她那派頭仍然帶有高傲的 自尊,具有皇太後一般的尊嚴.