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

• The last step before the actual wedding is to negotiate the dowry price.
  婚礼前的最后一步是实际谈判的嫁妆价格。
• 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。
• 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。
• A bride's parents often buy a whole set of white goods as a dowry.
  新娘的父母通常都买一整套的家用电器作为嫁妆陪嫁。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps she needs a dowry.
  也可能嫁女需要昂贵的嫁妆。
• Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
  把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
• 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。