dowager怎么读?

dowager

英 ['daʊədʒə] 美['daʊədʒɚ]
  • n. 贵妇;继承亡夫爵位的遗孀;老年贵妇人

TEM8畅通词汇

词态变化


复数: dowagers;

助记提示


1、dow- + -ager(复合后缀).
2、字面意思为: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

中文词源


dowager 孀居贵妇

来自古法语douagere, 来自词根don, 给予,词源同data, donate. 用来指孀居贵妇。

英文词源


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).

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
诺福克公爵遗孀

来自《权威词典》

3. The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty attended to state affairs for several decades.
清朝慈禧太后垂帘听政几十年.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent.
西太后本人当时并非是无能为力的.

来自辞典例句

5. 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.

来自辞典例句