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

• We went to check yoon-ju's dowry presents today.
  今天我们去看了勇俊的嫁妆。
• 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。
• He married you for dowry.
  他娶你是为了你的嫁妆。
• Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
  把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
• The groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry.
  新郎和他的亲戚来接新娘及嫁妆回家。
• 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。
• The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.
  那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。