Widow
[ 'wɪdo ]
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n. 寡妇;遗孀;[牌]放在一边的几张牌;[印]未排足的行;
vt. 使成寡妇;从…夺走;杀死…的丈夫;
📝 例句
The Colonel's widow stayed here.
上校寡妇每次都在这儿下榻。
All the neighbours supposed her to be a widow.
她的邻居都认为她是个寡妇。
Before I became a widow, I was in very different sphere.
在我居孀之前，我是处在完全不同的圈子里的。
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。
The Doctor's attentions were unheeded by the widow.
医生献殷勤但是寡妇不理睬。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ widow-寡妇,window-窗户:寡妇常因极度寂寞,跳窗自杀
※ widow-寡妇,window-窗户:那个寡妇每天从窗口眺望,神情落寞
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
widow
n
woman whose husband has died and who has not married again 寡妇; 孀妇
She has been a widow for ten years. 她守寡十年了.
He married his brother's widow. 他娶了他哥哥的遗孀. widow, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
cause (sb) to become a widow or widower 使（某人）成寡妇或鳏夫
She was widowed at an early age. 她年轻时就成了寡妇.
Many people were widowed by the war. 很多人因战乱丧偶.
🎯 考研助记
widow-window:n男人: 寡妇失去丈夫就像窗户失去玻璃
🔁 扩展释义
*['widәu]n. 寡妇, 孀妇vt. 使成寡妇【法】 寡妇, 遗孀
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The killing of the bison changed the whole wildlife of the plains. With fewer bison, grass shoots were not eaten, so grass did not grow as strongly.
屠宰野牛改变了平原的全部野生生物。野牛少了，嫩草没有牛来吃了，草就长得不粗壮。
They then knew that they had discovered the cause of the fire.
这时调查人员知道他们找到了发生火灾的原因了。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.
卡尔·冯·弗里施教授，一位澳大利亚科学家，一生中花了许多年的时间来研究蜜蜂在暗巢里互传信息的有趣方法。