widow

未亡人、寡婦

夫や妻が亡くなった女性。特に、その後再婚していない女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman whose husband or wife has died, especially one who has not married again.

• She became a widow last year.
• The charity supports widows and their children.
• His widow still lives in their old house.

よく使う表現： young widow, war widow

ゴルフ未亡人

夫がある活動に時間をかけすぎて、よく一人で過ごす女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman whose husband spends so much time on an activity that she is often alone.

• She calls herself a golf widow.
• Football widows meet while their husbands watch the match.
• I become a cricket widow every summer.

よく使う表現： golf widow, football widow

配偶者を失わせる

夫や妻の死によって、その相手を配偶者のいない状態にする。

やさしい英語で： To cause someone to lose their husband or wife through death.

• The war widowed many young women.
• He was widowed at thirty.
• The accident had widowed her only months after the wedding.

使い方： be widowed (She was widowed when her husband died in the war.)

よく使う表現： widow someone, be widow early