| 釋義 |
dowagern. 1. widow寡婦,未亡人。 △H.VIII.2.4.178(181):“Re-specting this our marriage with the dowager,/ Some-times our brother’s wife.”鑒于我和從前我的兄長的妻子、他的遺孀結(jié)了婚。 2. widow with property rights charged upon an estate繼承亡夫遺產(chǎn)的寡婦。 △Mid.1.1.5: “Like to a step-dame,or a dowager / Long withering out a youngman’s revenue.”好像一位后母或者富孀,長期消耗一位年青人的財產(chǎn)。 dowager[?daud??]n.寡婦,富有年長的貴婦 |