figurative and in figurative contexts. Something (or occasionally someone) resembling or reminiscent of a widow (sense 1a). Cf. widow church n. at…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains > a survival (8) widoweOE figurative and in figurative contexts. Something (or occasionally someone) resembling or reminiscent of a widow (sense 1a). Cf. widow church n. at… remaina1641 In singular and plural. A relic of some obsolete custom or practice; a surviving trait or characteristic. Now rare. survival1716 (with a and plural) Something that continues to exist after the cessation of something else, or of other things of the kind; a surviving remnant… hangover1894 A thing or person remaining or left over; a remainder or survival, an after-effect. (Later quots. influenced by sense 2.) leftover1896 A person or thing that has survived from an earlier time; a relic. hold-over1904 Something left over; a remainder or survival. U.S. Subcategories:— person (2) |
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