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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It is a city in a hurry, but a very exciting place to be.
这是一座熙熙攘攘的城市，但也是一个富于刺激的地方。
So he had gone to the stores and had obtained a fixture that fitted both the tap on the supply line and the end of the air-line.
所以他就到仓库找到一个既适合供应管也适合供气管的接头。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。