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 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。
• 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。
• We went to check yoon-ju's dowry presents today.
  今天我们去看了勇俊的嫁妆。
• 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。
• 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。
• His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
  他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。