dowager
英['da??d??]
美['da??d??]
- n. 貴婦；繼承亡夫爵位的遺孀；老年貴婦人
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?dowagers;
助記提示
1、dow- + -ager(復(fù)合后綴).
2、字面意思為：pertaining to a dower. => widow with a dower.
3. endow, dower, dowry => dowage => dowager.
4. Latin dare "give" => date, donate => endow, dower, dowry, dowager.
5. empress dowager 皇太后
中文詞源
dowager 孀居貴婦
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)douagere, 來(lái)自詞根don, 給予，詞源同data, donate. 用來(lái)指孀居貴婦。
英文詞源
- dowager (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French douagere "widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from douage "dower," from douer "endow," from Latin dotare, from dos (genitive dotis) "dowry" (see dowry).
雙語(yǔ)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(jìn)餐。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
- 諾福克公爵遺孀
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty attended to state affairs for several decades.
- 清朝慈禧太后垂簾聽(tīng)政幾十年.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent.
- 西太后本人當(dāng)時(shí)并非是無(wú)能為力的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 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,具有皇太后一般的尊嚴(yán).
來(lái)自辭典例句