dowager
英 ['daʊədʒə]
美 ['daʊədʒɚ]
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
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
