1.Merriam Webster notes that widower is less common than widow, probably because men are less likely to be identified in terms of their spouse.
MerriamWebster韦伯思特大字典注解Widower用法没有widow普遍，也许是因为男人不太可能按他的配偶来识别。
2.Widow is one such word.
Widow(寡妇)一词就是这样的词。
3.Use of widow to refer to a husband who has lost his wife is also an ancient usage, dating back to c. 1000 according to the OED2, although it is not common usage today.
Widow一词用来指失去妻子的丈夫(鳏夫)也是一种古老的用法。根据第二版牛津英语辞典，可追溯到公元1000年，虽然这一用法现在已不普遍。
4.*Weidh- is also the source of the English word "divide" and the Sanskrit "vidhu-" meaning solitary. Cognates meaning widow are the Latin "Vidua," French "veuve," Italian "vedova," Spanish "viuda," the Russian and Czech "vdova," the Welsh "gweddr," the German "witwe," and the Dutch "weduwe."
Weidh-英语词divide(分开)的来源，以及梵文vidhu-的来源，意为“孤单寂寞的”，具有Widow词义的同根词有拉丁语“vidua”，法语veuve,意大利语vedova，西班牙语viuda俄语的捷克语vdova，威尔士语gweddr德语witwe以及荷兰语weduwe。
5.a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron.
拥有男爵等级的贵族妇女或是男爵的妻子或遗孀。
6.the state of being a widow who has not remarried.
没有再婚的守寡状态。
7.Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
赛1:17学习行善．寻求公平、解救受欺压的、给孤儿伸冤、为寡妇辨屈。
8.But the widow was very disappointed to find that her son was as idiotic as a simpleton, and seemed to know nothing except how to eat and sleep.
但是这个寡妇却很失望地发现儿子傻乎乎得活像个笨蛋。他似乎只知道如何吃饭和睡觉。
9.Tschaikovsky formed another alliance that year, one far more Profit able and far less nerve-wracking than his short tie with Mile14 Miliukov. This was his famous friendship with Nadyezhda von Meck, a wealthy and cultivated widow.
柴可夫斯基在这一年同另一个女人建立起联系，这比同米柳树娃小姐短暂的结合有益得多，也少受许多烦恼一这就是他同娜捷达·冯·梅克夫人一场著名的友谊。梅克夫人是一个有教养的富孀。”
10.He tricked the widow in the guise of a friend of her late husband.
他冒充是这位寡妇的亡夫的朋友，哄骗了她。
