dowager
dowager 英 [ˈdaʊədʒə(r)] 美 [ˈdaʊədʒɚ]
n. 贵妇;继承亡夫爵位的遗孀;老年贵妇人
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- n. 贵妇;继承亡夫爵位的遗孀;老年贵妇人
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1. Another is the descendant of a nutritionist who worked for the Empress dowager Cixi, China’s last great imperial ruler.
还有一个住户是以前为中国最后一个重量级的帝国统治者——慈禧太后掌厨的御厨的后代。
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2. The dowager Empress Cixi, who had effectively ruled China since 1861 and prevented any reform of its institutions, shared the Boxers’ loathing of aliens and secretly supported their insurrection.
自1861年以来,慈禧太后一直是中国的实际统治者,而且拒绝任何形式的改革。 同义和团一样,这位皇太后也反感外国人,并秘密支持他们的起义活动。
- dowager (n.) 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) "marriage portion, dowry," from PIE *do-ti, from root *do- "to give."
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