1520s, from Middle French douagere "widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from douage "dower," from douer "endow," from Latin dotare, from dos (genitive dotis) "dowry" (see dowry).
中文解释
1、dow- + -ager(复合后缀).2、字面意思为：pertaining to a dower. => widow with a dower.3. endow, dower, dowry => dowage => dowager.4. Latin dare "give" => date, donate => endow, dower, dowry, dowager.5. empress dowager 皇太后
实用例句
1. Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.
在皇帝遗孀面前任何人不得进餐。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the dowager Duchess of Norfolk
诺福克公爵遗孀
来自《权威词典》
3. The Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty attended to state affairs for several decades.
清朝慈禧太后垂帘听政几十年.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. Even the Dowager had not been as incompetent.
西太后本人当时并非是无能为力的.
来自辞典例句
5. Here was still a lofty self - regard in her bearing the dignity of a dowager empress.