中文詞源

dowry嫁妝

來(lái)自PIE*do, 給予，詞源同data, donate. -ry，名詞后綴。用于指嫁妝。

詞組搭配

Love Dowry愛(ài)情定金；愛(ài)情訂金

The Lost Dowry丟失的嫁妝

Death Dowry米香

Indirect Dowry間接嫁妝

The Ox-Cart for Dowry嫁妝一牛車

The Red Dowry十里紅妝

shutting dowry關(guān)閉嫁妝

a dowry嫁妝

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.

漢他的家人希望新娘能帶來(lái)豐厚的嫁妝.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.

漢如果一個(gè)年輕女子沒(méi)有嫁妝，她就要做家政服務(wù)賺錢。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.

漢她的嫁妝錢都投到了母親的鋪?zhàn)永铩?/p>

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Although ours has been so pure and poor That you can take them no great dowry.

漢貧儉誠(chéng)所尚,資從豈待周!

來(lái)自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學(xué)

5. As a wife , the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry or decimum.

漢給已婚婦女備有一份嫁妝,或者稱為“decimum”,以使其受到保護(hù).

來(lái)自中級(jí)百科部分

英英釋義

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage