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war widow

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Military
ˈwar ˌwidow noun [countable]  PMSSWa woman whose husband has been killed in a war 战争遗孀
Examples from the Corpus
war widowShe was a war widow and worked round the clock in her efforts to bring up a young family by herself.
ˈwar ˌwidow nounChineseSyllable
been whose husband a in war has killed Corpus a woman


war widow
ˈwar ˌwidow noun [countable]
a woman whose husband has been killed in a war


war widowBrE /ˈwɔː wɪdəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɔːr wɪdoʊ/ 🔊 nouna woman whose husband was killed in a war 战争遗孀