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　

GRETEM8法律

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
  Synonym:dowerydowerportion

双语例句

• Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
  把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
• We went to check yoon-ju's dowry presents today.
  今天我们去看了勇俊的嫁妆。
• 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。
• The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.
  那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
• My Uncle's family are busy preparing for her dowry.
  我舅舅一家人都为她的婚礼嫁妆做了充分的准备。
• She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
  她有黄金和珍珠做奁资，不过她的黄金在她的头上，珍珠在她的口中。
• It is believed that three poor sisters could not marry because they had no money for a dowry.
  据说有三个姐妹因为没钱办嫁妆而不能结婚。
• Perhaps she needs a dowry.
  也可能嫁女需要昂贵的嫁妆。
• 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。
• 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。