widow

• 名词，指丈夫已去世且未再婚的女性。

A noun referring to a woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

1. Woman whose spouse has diedA2formal

   A woman who has lost her husband by death and has not remarried.

   寡妇

   • The widow received condolences from her neighbors.
   • She became a widow at the age of forty.
   • The widow inherited her husband's estate.

• 动词，用于表示某人因配偶死亡而成为寡妇或鳏夫的状态。

A verb used to indicate the state of having become a widow or widower, typically through the death of a spouse.

1. B2formal

   To cause someone to become a widow or widower, typically by the death of a spouse.

   成为寡妇/鳏夫

   • The war widowed many women in the village.
   • She was widowed at a young age after her husband's accident.
   • The disease widowed him when his wife passed away.