widow

widow

英 ['wɪdəʊ]
　　美 ['wɪdo]

vt. 使成寡婦
　　n. 寡婦；孀婦

中文詞源：

widow 寡婦

來自PIE*weidh,分開，詞源同wide,with,divide。用於指寡婦。

例句：

1. Not for nothing was the plane called "The widow-maker"
這種飛機被稱作“寡婦機”是事出有因的。

2. Sandy took up with a widow 21 years his junior.
桑迪和一個比他小21歲的寡婦搞上瞭。

3. She's a widow now.
她現在是寡婦。

4. The widow is in possession of a large fortune.
那個寡婦占有大筆財產.

5. All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow.
所有這些錢作為給他的遺孀的撫養費.