单词 | dowager |
释义 | dowager (daʊədʒəʳ ) Word forms: dowagers 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, noun ADJECTIVE] You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank. The Dowager Queen fainted with shock. Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence. Dowager is also a noun. 2. countable noun If you refer to a woman as a dowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important. [literary] ...like stately dowagers on a cruise. |
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