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词汇 grass-widow
释义 grass widow
noun[ C ]
 humorousuk /ˌɡrɑːs ˈwɪd.əʊ/ us /ˌɡræs ˈwɪd.oʊ/
a woman who spends a lot of time apart from her partner, often because he or she is working in a different place(因为丈夫在外地工作)长期与丈夫分居的女人,留守女性
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widow
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widowhood
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grass widow
It is perhaps more the speech of a grasswidow than of a maiden.
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I can say without exaggeration that the whole of my constituency is strewn with these naval grass widows.
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