dowager
英 ['da??d??]
美 ['da??d??]
助記提示
1、dow- + -ager(復合后綴).
2、字面意思為：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
中文詞源
dowager 孀居貴婦來自古法語douagere, 來自詞根don, 給予，詞源同data, donate. 用來指孀居貴婦。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.
- 在皇帝遺孀面前任何人不得進餐。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
- 諾福克公爵遺孀
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty attended to state affairs for several decades.
- 清朝慈禧太后垂簾聽政幾十年.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent.
- 西太后本人當時并非是無能為力的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Here was still a lofty self - regard in her bearing the dignity of a dowager empress.
- 她那派頭仍然帶有高傲的 自尊,具有皇太后一般的尊嚴.
來自辭典例句