| 单词 |
dowager |
| 释义 |
dow·a·ger /ˈdaʊədʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 CLASS IN SOCIETYa woman from a high social class who has land or a title from her dead husband 〔承袭亡夫土地或封号的〕孀居贵妇 the dowager Duchess of Devonshire 德文郡公爵的遗孀2. informalWOMAN a respected and impressive old lady 气度雍容的老妇Examples from the Corpusdowager• Her acne hadn't cleared up, and she was trying to look like a dowager.• The morning-coated manager had recognized them and was being proprietary with them in front of a dowager customer.• Only a century ago, a fair proportion of us would have died in childbirth, or been dubbed dowagers by 40.• Provision needed to be made for dowager widows, and for younger sons and for daughters, and perhaps for other persons.• They, together with the custody of the young earl, were given to the dowager countess and so remained under Herbert control.• the dowager empress• The dowager looked on and smiled and thought courteously about the people.Origin dowager (1500-1600) Old French douagiere, from douer “to give, endow”dow·a·ger nounChineseSyllable high land Corpus class social a from woman who a has |
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- somebody's people
- somebody's post
- somebody's pride and joy
- somebody's roots
- somebody's safety
- somebody's Saviour
- somebody's say-so
- somebody's scalp
- somebody's scent is cold
- somebody's schooldays
- somebody's sense of self
- somebody's shadow
- somebody's shout
- somebody's side of a bargain
- somebody's side of a deal
- somebody's side of a deal/bargain
- somebody's/something's claim to fame
- somebody's/something's day
- somebody's/something's days are numbered
- somebody's/something's last gasp
- somebody's/something's sphere of influence
- somebody's/something's stablemate
- somebody's sphere of influence
- somebody's spiritual home
- somebody's squeeze
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- 《天下之治乱,系乎人君之仁与不仁耳.》出自哪里,什么意思,注释,句意,翻译
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- 《天下之祸,莫大于不足为,材力不足者次之.》什么意思,出自哪里,注释,句意,翻译
- 《天下之聚,贵以正.聚不以正,于人则为苟合,于财则为悖入.》什么意思,出自哪里,注释,句意,翻译
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