柯林斯詞典dowager /?da??d??/ (dowagers) 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(jìn)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(xué)性] ...like stately dowagers on a cruise. ...像遊輪上優(yōu)雅的老年貴婦們。 返回 dowager劍橋詞典law specialized a woman of high social rank whose husband is dead but who has a title and property because of her marriage to him （繼承了亡夫頭啣和財産的）寡居貴婦 a dowager queen 寡居的王後 literary an old woman who is, or behaves as if she is, of high social rank 貴婦人；氣度不凡的老婦人 返回 dowager