dowager meaning in English
n.
1.王[公等]的未亡人；继承亡夫遗产[称号]的寡妇。
2.〔口语〕老年贵妇人。
短语和例子
adj.
王[公等]的未亡人的；年高贵妇的〔只作限定语用〕。 the dowager duchess 公爵未亡人。 a dowager style of dress 老年贵妇型服装。
Examples
- Even the dowager had not been as incompetent .
西太后本人当时并非是无能为力的。 - The empress dowager of the qing dynasty attended to state affairs for several decades .
清朝慈禧太后垂帘听政几十年。 - When the dowager abolished the old examination system, he had begun to fade .
自从西太后废除旧科举制度，他就心灰意懒了。 - Here was still a lofty self-regard in her bearing the dignity of a dowager empress .
她那派头仍然带有高傲的自尊，具有皇太后一般的尊严。 - The post-chaise contained a snuffy old dowager of seventy, with a maid, her contemporary .
驿车内坐的是一位面目可憎的老太太，已经70来岁，她的使女年纪与她相仿。