widow

n. 寡妇, 孀妇
vt. 使成寡妇
【法】 寡妇, 遗孀

动词过去式:widowed 过去分词:widowed 现在分词:widowing 第三人称单数:widows 

wid.ow

n.（名词）
Abbr. wid.A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried.
缩写 wid.寡妇，孀妇，遗孀：死了丈夫且未再嫁的妇女
Informal A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.
【非正式用语】 活寡妇：其丈夫常外出沉溺于体育运动或爱好的女人
Games An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.Also called kitty
【游戏】 守寡牌：某些扑克游戏中反扣在桌上的多余的一把牌，供数值最大的叫牌者用也作 kitty
Printing
【印刷术】
A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.
未排足的行：不得不排到下一页或下一行顶部的、通常较短的单行铅字，如段落结束行
A short line at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.
末行：一页、一个栏目或一段落的最末的一短行
v.tr.（及物动词）
wid.owed,wid.ow.ing,wid.ows
To make a widow or widower of.
使…成寡妇，使成…鳏夫

来源：
Middle English widewe
中古英语 widewe
from Old English widuwe
源自 古英语 widuwe