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
- After a few moths, the groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry. Together with the bride to the house of the husband, the dowry became the woman's private property in her new home.
过了两三个月以后，新娘及他的亲属们前来接新娘，把她和她的嫁妆一起带回丈夫家。嫁妆跟随妇女由娘家到婆家，成为她们在新家庭中的私产。 - 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。 - 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。 - A married woman's personal property exclusive of her dowry, according to common law.
妻子的财产按照习惯法，已婚妇女除嫁妆以外的个人财产。 - I had to give back a portion of the dowry after the divorce.
离婚后，我不得不归还我的那份嫁妆。 - 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。 - 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。 - Big brother helped out a lot with the wedding dowry.
哥为了嫁妆的事操了不少心。 - 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。 - 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。