dowager
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ You use dowager to refer to the wife of a dead duke, emperor, or other man of high rank. (已故公爵、君主等上層人士的)遺孀的[ADJ n, n ADJ]
...the Dowager Countess Spencer. ...已是遺孀的斯賓塞伯爵夫人。
Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence. 皇帝遺孀在場時,任何人不得進餐。
2. N-COUNT Dowager is also a noun. 遺孀
3. N-COUNT If you describe a woman as a dowager, you mean that she is old and rich or looks important. 老年貴婦[文學性]
...like stately dowagers on a cruise. ...像遊輪上優雅的老年貴婦們。
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