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

• 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。
• Big brother helped out a lot with the wedding dowry.
  哥为了嫁妆的事操了不少心。
• Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
  把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He married you for dowry.
  他娶你是为了你的嫁妆。
• The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.
  那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
• 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。