A man whose wife has died, and who has not married again. The word is only about death — a man whose marriage ended in divorce is not a widower, he is divorced.

A man whose wife has died, and who has not married again太太過世、而且還沒有再婚的男人。The word is only about death這個字只跟死亡有關——a man whose marriage ended in divorce is not a widower婚姻因離婚而結束的男人不是widower，he is divorced他是離婚了。

English is a bit unfair here: 'widow' (a woman whose husband has died) is the older, more common word, and 'widower' was built later by adding a piece to it, which is why the man's word is the longer one.

English is a bit unfair here英文在這點上有點不公平：'widow' (a woman whose husband has died)「widow丈夫過世的女人」is the older, more common word是比較早、比較常見的字，and 'widower' was built later by adding a piece to it而「widower」是後來加了一塊造出來的，which is why the man's word is the longer one這也是為什麼男性的字比較長。

You will meet it most often in serious or official writing — news reports, forms that ask about your marital status, obituaries, novels. In everyday talk people more often say the whole thing: 'his wife passed away a few years ago'.

You will meet it most often in serious or official writing你最常在正式或嚴肅的文章裡看到它——news reports, forms that ask about your marital status, obituaries, novels新聞報導、詢問婚姻狀況的表格、訃聞、小說。In everyday talk在日常對話裡 people more often say the whole thing人們更常整句講出來：'his wife passed away a few years ago'「his wife passed away a few years ago他太太幾年前過世了」。

There is also a phrase 'golf widow' (or 'football widow'), a joke about a woman whose husband spends all his time on his hobby; the joke can be flipped to 'golf widower', but that is much rarer. Note too that a man stays a widower only until he remarries; after that he is simply a husband again, though people sometimes still say 'he was widowed young'.

There is also a phrase 'golf widow' (or 'football widow')還有一個說法叫「golf widow高爾夫寡婦」（或「football widow足球寡婦」），a joke about a woman whose husband spends all his time on his hobby開玩笑地說一個丈夫整天泡在嗜好裡的女人；the joke can be flipped to 'golf widower'這個玩笑也可以反過來說成「golf widower」，but that is much rarer但那就少見多了。Note too也要注意 that a man stays a widower only until he remarries一個男人只在再婚之前是widower；after that he is simply a husband again之後他就只是個丈夫，though people sometimes still say 'he was widowed young'雖然有人還是會說「he was widowed young他年輕時就喪偶了」。