widowed

UK //ˈwɪd.əʊd//US //ˈwɪd.oʊd//

词源

源自中古英语 'widwe'（寡妇）加过去分词后缀 '-ed'，与古英语 'widuwe' 同源，最终来自原始日耳曼语词根。

❶ 指某人因配偶去世而成为寡妇或鳏夫的状态，描述婚姻关系因死亡而终止的情况。

“After her husband passed away, she was widowed at the age of 45.”

（丈夫去世后，她在45岁时成了寡妇。）

“He has been widowed for ten years and still misses his wife deeply.”

（他丧偶已有十年，仍然深深思念着妻子。）

同义词:bereaved, spouseless, unmarried

widowed mother/father — 指失去配偶的母亲或父亲，强调单亲状态源于配偶去世而非离婚。

“As a widowed father, he had to raise his two children alone.”

（作为丧偶的父亲，他不得不独自抚养两个孩子。）