widow

Các nghĩa

1. quả phụ · goá

   A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.

   The widow was dressed in black.

   My brother's widow has married again.

   The widow suffered from stomach cancer.

2. người góa

   Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

   uncommon

3. vợ vắng chồng

   A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.

   broadly · humorous · in-compounds · informal · often · sarcastic

   My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.

   I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow, but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.

   And how many betting widows do I see at the hospital, who hardly see their husbands while the betting shops are open!

4. bài tẩy

   An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

5. dòng góa

   A single line of type that ends a paragraph but is separated from it by being carried over to the next page or column.

6. nhện góa phụ

   Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).

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