dowry
英 [ˈdaʊri]
美 [ˈdaʊri]
n. (新娘的)嫁妆，陪嫁; (新郎给新娘家的)彩礼，财礼
复数：dowries
BNC.15383 / COCA.17661
牛津词典
noun
- （新娘的）嫁妆，陪嫁
money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married - （新郎给新娘家的）彩礼，财礼
money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife's family when they get married
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 嫁妆;陪嫁
A woman'sdowryis the money and goods which, in some cultures, her family gives to the man that she marries.- The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
她的嫁妆钱都投到了母亲的铺子里。
- The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- The daughter's dowry or wedding feast is so pitiably small.
这个女儿的嫁妆或结婚宴席实在寒碜得可怜。 - She promises, as her dowry, one half of the western empire.
她许诺，将以帝国的一半，作为她的嫁妆。 - Suspicion, discontent, and strife, come in for dowry with a wife& Robert Herrick, poet.
怀疑、不满和冲突作为嫁妆，随老婆一起到来&罗伯特。赫利克，诗人。 - The cost of the wedding can be viewed as an outgrowth of the dowry custom.
婚礼的费用可被看作是嫁妆习俗的产物。 - If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆，她就要做家政服务赚钱。 - In societies where the groom had to pay for his bride, the dowry served as a return gift.
在新郎必须想新娘的佳人支付金钱以迎娶新娘的社会里，嫁妆就起着回赠礼物的作用。 - The dowry was the wife's right to receive a tenth of all her husband's property.
妻子的嫁妆使她有权获得其丈夫十分之一的财物。 - Q traditional dowry normally consists of valuable items such as jewellery embroidered beddings, kitchen utensils and furniture.
传统嫁妆通常会包括一些值钱的物品，比如珠宝、刺绣的床上用品、厨具和家具。 - He married you for dowry.
他娶你是为了你的嫁妆。 - How could I utter for shame that I keep for my dowry this poverty.
我又怎能抱愧地说我的妆奁就是贫穷。