| 单词 | the widow of windsor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Widow of (also at ) Windsor c. With the. A nickname for: Queen Victoria. Also more fully the Widow of (also at ) Windsor.Queen Victoria lived unmarried for forty years after her husband's death, becoming a model of faithful mourning. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > queen > [noun] > specific Bloody Mary1652 the Widow of (also at ) Windsor1862 queenie1976 1862 National Mag. May 46/2 We revert to the Royal Widow to whom this May morning will have recalled that one eleven years ago, when her beloved husband shared with her the glories of the occasion. 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 14 They tell me t' Widdy herself is fond of a good dog. 1932 Times 12 Feb. 14/2 ‘The Widow’ (as we subalterns had irreverently nicknamed the Empress of India). 1964 E. Longford Queen Victoria xxxvi. 562 She died just after half-past six... The famous ‘hush’ which had always surrounded ‘The Widow at Windsor’ was shattered. 2015 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) (Nexis) 1 Sept. 6 By the time the Widow of Windsor finally passed, imperial Britain found a post-Victorian epoch a baffling prospect. < as lemmas |
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