dowager

英 [ˈdaʊədʒə(r)]

美 [ˈdaʊədʒər]

n.  (具有亡夫头衔的)孀居贵妇; 气度不凡的老年贵妇

复数：dowagers　

TEM8法律

BNC.22277 / COCA.26408

牛津词典

noun

• （具有亡夫头衔的）孀居贵妇
  a woman of high social rank who has a title from her dead husband
  1. the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
     诺福克公爵遗孀
• 气度不凡的老年贵妇
  an impressive, usually rich, old woman

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (已故公爵、君主等的)孀居贵妇
  You usedowagerto refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank.
  1. ...the Dowager Countess Spencer...
     斯潘塞伯爵遗孀
  2. Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.
     在皇帝遗孀面前任何人不得进餐。
  3. Dowageris also a noun.
     
• N-COUNT 气度不凡的老妇;老年贵妇
  If you describe a woman as adowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important.
  1. ...like stately dowagers on a cruise.
     像游轮上气宇不凡的老年贵妇

英英释义

noun

• a widow holding property received from her deceased husband

双语例句

• Shou was bestowed by Empress Dowager Cixi when she presented the Empress with the embroidered tapestry, Eight Immortals Celebrating Birthday.
  寿被赋予慈禧太后当她颁发绣挂毯，八仙皇后庆祝生日。
• With empress dowager's special arrangement, Li Xin and Caijing have to spend an entire night in the same bedroom. however, they have no intimate relationship during that night.
  老皇太后和皇后千方百计让李信和彩静二人合房，但二人却没有发生关系。
• The Sui Dynasty began when Wendi's daughter became the Empress Dowager of Northern Zhou, with her stepson as the new emperor.
  隋朝时开始娣的女儿成为慈禧太后的北周，她的继子为新皇帝。
• Here was still a lofty self-regard in her bearing the dignity of a dowager empress.
  她那派头仍然带有高傲的自尊，具有皇太后一般的尊严。
• Empress Dowager Cixi never used this car because she couldn't tolerate a driver to sit in front of her.
  慈禧太后从来不坐这辆小汽车，因为她不能忍受司机坐在她的前面。
• Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent.
  西太后本人当时并非是无能为力的。
• 1900-Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  1900年的今天，中国清朝的隆裕皇后下令杀光所有外国人，包括外国使节和其家庭。
• He confers on her the title of empress dowager.
  册封她？皇太后。
• I'm very sorry, young man, but the Dowager empress, she will see no one.
  十分抱歉，年轻人，太后不会见任何人的。
• Where did Empress Dowager Cixi give audience behind a screen?
  慈禧太后在哪儿垂帘听政？