dowry
英 ['daʊ(ə)rɪ]
美['daʊri]
- n. 嫁妆;天资;亡夫遗产
英英释意
- 1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
双语例句
- 1. His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
- 他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Although ours has been so pure and poor That you can take them no great dowry.
- 贫俭诚所尚,资从岂待周!
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- 5. As a wife , the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry or decimum.
- 给已婚妇女备有一份嫁妆,或者称为“decimum”,以使其受到保护.
来自中级百科部分