dowager 的 2 个定义
- a woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke, etc.: a queen dowager; an empress dowager.
- an elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position: a wealthy dowager.
- noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dowager: the dowager duchess; to prefer a dowager style of dress.
dowager 近义词
old woman
更多dowager例句
- When I tell her that Clooney is rumored to also kiss the Dowager Countess during the episode, she chuckles.
- Vacations are as mysterious to me as weekends are to the Dowager Countess of Grantham.
- Dame Maggie Smith's fiery Dowager Countess will get a confidante in the form of Lady Shackleton, played by Dame Harriet Walters.
- Since her husband's death in 1999, she has been queen dowager of Jordan.
- He called up his mother, the dowager countess, and asked her to come over and look after the children.
- How little did he divine that the letter of the doctor was called forth by a communication from the countess-dowager.
- The old dowager's voice toned down, and she pulled her black feathers straight upon her head.
- The doctor had been spending Easter at Cannes, and the dowager had devoutly prayed that he might not yet return.
- And the countess-dowager fanned herself complacently, and neither she nor Maude cared for the absence of a groomsman.
- The countess-dowager was not very adroit at spelling and composition, whether French or English, as you observe.