動詞 widow:

1. cause to be without a spouse
   同義詞：widow

形容詞 widowed:

1. single because of death of the spouse

1. It's really not easy for a widowed mother to rear up four children.
   一個寡母要撫養(yǎng)４個孩子成人確實不易。
2. She was widowed at an early age.
   她年輕時就成了寡婦。
3. Many people were widowed by the war.
   很多人因戰(zhàn)亂喪偶。
4. The widowed mother exerted herself to the utmost to send her son to college.
   那位守寡的母親盡全力讓兒子念大學(xué)。