2.football/golf etc widowDSALONEa woman whose husbandspends all his free time watchingfootball, playing golf etc – used humorously 足球/高尔夫球等寡妇〔指因丈夫沉溺于观看足球赛、打高尔夫球等而被冷落的妻子;幽默用法〕
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football/golf etc widow• My wife has been a golf widow for the last 30 years.• You've all heard of golf widows.
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widow• Mr Jarvis died yesterday, leaving a widow and four children.• He left a widow and three children.• Also patron of divorce, infidelity, and widows.• The grievingwidow was rich and powerful enough to hound anyone through the courts.• The excusedforewoman is a 55-year-old widow who works as a supervisor for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.• Mourners at the funeral included Paul's widow, Sarah Jones.• Conservative Members asked, why just a pensioner - what about a singlewidow?• She is the widow of the head of the clan and so hers is the largest house.• She is a petite, trimwidow of 73 who dresses stylishly and lives in a beautifully decorated Longwood home.• A massivecollection was made for Charlton's young widow and four children.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WIDOW | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤grieving悲傷的寡婦▸➤elderly, middle-aged, old, young年老的寡婦;中年寡婦;年輕寡婦▸➤rich, wealthy有錢的寡婦;富孀▸➤poor貧窮的寡婦▸➤war戰爭造成的寡婦➤football, golf, etc.(= whose husband spends all his time playing or watching football, golf, etc.)足球、高爾夫等寡婦VERB + WIDOW➤become成為寡婦▸➤leave使成為寡婦◇He died in March leaving a widow and three children.他 3 月去世,遺下了妻子和 3 個孩子。➤marry娶寡婦PHRASES➤a widow's pension (BrE) 遺孀撫恤金