网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 grass widow
释义

Definition of grass widow in English:

grass widow

noun
  • A woman whose husband is away often or for a prolonged period.

    经常(或长期)与丈夫分居的女人

    grass widows parted from their husbands by golf or similar obsessional activities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She waited until the lights of Freetown had disappeared below the horizon, and then she quickly organised herself as the centre of the gayest, noisiest group of grass widows and unattached bachelors on the ship.
    • His wife filed suit for divorce, charging that he kissed a grass widow at the hotel.
    • Remarriage or the establishment of an independent household was not a possibility for all ‘grass widows,’ a popular term for deserted and divorced women.
    • For female migrants from Korea, astronaut spouses are also referred to as ‘grass widows’.
    • Because John traveled for his work as a steamfitter, Eliza apparently experienced life as a grass widow more than once.

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from grass + widow, perhaps from the idea of the couple having lain on the grass instead of in bed. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent; compare with Dutch grasweduwe and German Strohwitwe 'straw widow'.

Definition of grass widow in US English:

grass widow

nounˈˌɡræs ˈˌwɪdoʊˈˌɡras ˈˌwidō
  • A woman whose husband is away often or for a prolonged period.

    经常(或长期)与丈夫分居的女人

    grass widows parted from their husbands by golf or similar obsessional activities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She waited until the lights of Freetown had disappeared below the horizon, and then she quickly organised herself as the centre of the gayest, noisiest group of grass widows and unattached bachelors on the ship.
    • His wife filed suit for divorce, charging that he kissed a grass widow at the hotel.
    • Because John traveled for his work as a steamfitter, Eliza apparently experienced life as a grass widow more than once.
    • Remarriage or the establishment of an independent household was not a possibility for all ‘grass widows,’ a popular term for deserted and divorced women.
    • For female migrants from Korea, astronaut spouses are also referred to as ‘grass widows’.

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from grass + widow, perhaps from the idea of the couple having lain on the grass instead of in bed. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century; compare with Dutch grasweduwe and German Strohwitwe ‘straw widow’.

随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/4/3 14:06:24