Widowhood

['wɪdohʊd]

(noun.) the state of being a widow who has not remarried.

(noun.) the time of a woman's life when she is a widow.

伊莉斯校对--From WordNet

(n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.

(n.) Estate settled on a widow.

埃斯特拉编辑

In the first days of her widowhood, she sent for me, and made her Will. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
Yes, sir,' returned Mrs. Sparsit, with a kind of social widowhood upon her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

校对:马蒂