基本介紹
- 外文名：dowry
- 詞性：名詞
- 英式發音：[ˈdaʊri]
- 美式發音：[ˈdaʊri]
單詞釋義,單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [ˈdaʊri] 美 [ˈdaʊri]
n. 嫁妝；天資；亡夫遺產
[ 複數 dowries ]
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
dowry /ˈdaʊərɪ/ TEM8
1.N-COUNT A woman's dowry is the money and goods which, in some cultures, her family gives to the man that she marries. 嫁妝
短語搭配
Love Dowry 愛情定金 ; 愛情訂金
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 關閉嫁妝
a dowry 嫁妝
雙語例句
- In prosperous northern Indian states, women whose families have failed to stump up a sufficient dowry still get killed or disfigured. 在繁榮的印度北部地區，如果女子的家人不能拿出足夠的嫁妝，她們還會被殺或是毀容。
- I wonder if the dowry depends on tonnage? 我想知道，難道嫁妝取決於噸位嗎？
- If I were your dowry, please carry a good man. 如果我是你的嫁妝，請隨身攜帶好，男人。
- I only need to save up for the dowry, which is manageable. 我只需要給他存嫁妝錢了，這就比較好辦了。
- I would like to be your dowry, please take me by your side. 我願做你的嫁妝，請把我帶在你身旁。
- There's no dowry system in most of the North Eastern states of India. 在印度，東北部邦大部分地區都沒有送嫁妝的習俗。
- To marry such girls [the] bridegroom and his family demand more dowry. 她想要結婚的話，新郎和他的家人們就會要更多的嫁妝。
- The poetry of snow, drunk plum, drunk the cool months, drunk her dowry. 雪落成詩，醉了梅，醉了清涼的月，醉了伊人的紅妝。
- With his wife's dowry, the young attorney was able to open a law office. 這位年輕的律師用他妻子的嫁妝開了一定律師事務所。
- In that area, women's dowry is more than a symbol of wealth, it is also a symbol of power. 在那個地區，婦女的嫁妝不僅僅是財富的象徵，還是權利的象徵。
- I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry. 我坦白，作為一個年輕女孩我愛上了一個不想因我的嫁妝而娶我的男人。
- And he thought that if I had college debt - a negative dowry - no one would want to marry me. 他還覺得如果我因為上大學而欠了債，那就是一筆價值為負的嫁妝，那樣的話就沒人願意娶我了。
- But now my daughter's grown and working. I only need to save up for the dowry, which is manageable. 現在不一樣了，我女兒也長大了，工作了，我只用給她把嫁妝準備好就行了。
- Poorer families can either get a dowry or maybe even marry into a family of higher social standing. 窮的家庭能得到嫁妝，或者甚至可能嫁入一個有較高社會地位的家庭。
- Now the Europeans will try to woo the beautiful bride and her dowry of hydrocarbons back from Beijing. 現在，歐洲人將試著去討好這位漂亮的新娘與她從北京帶回的嫁妝——碳氫化合物。
- He also provided a cash dowry, which his mother-in-law used to make rugs and blankets for the couple. 他還給了現金的聘禮，他岳母用來為他們買了地氈和毛毯。
- She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth. 她有黃金和珍珠做奩資，不過她的黃金在她的頭上，珍珠在她的口中。
- Girls are prejudiced against largely because of the dowry system and inheritance practices tilted in favour of men. 女孩遭歧視主要是因為嫁妝習慣和遺產慣例都有利於男性。
- Some men agreed but most did not; they demanded sweeteners in the form of extra dowry payments from the authorities. 有的男性贊同這種說法，但大多數不同意；他們要求額外嫁妝或官方付錢作為補償。
- After a few moths, the groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry. 過了兩三個月以後，新娘及他的親屬們前來接新娘，把她和她的嫁妝一起帶回丈夫家。
- Sanjay said that when his first daughter got married, he did not have to pay a dowry because she is well-educated. 桑傑說，大女兒接受了良好的教育，所以她結婚時家裡不需要送出彩禮。
- Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 任憑向我要多重的聘金和禮物，我必照你們所說的給你們。只要把女子給我為妻。
- Because sister would like to have a different wedding, she insist the dowry should be books rather than other substances. 因為我妹妹希望舉行一個與眾不同的婚禮，她覺得好的嫁妝與其他物質性強的東西比起來更有意義。
- As part of her dowry, a woman would make several pairs of shoes as proof of her needlework ability, as well as her small feet. 作為嫁妝的一部分，一個女人會做幾雙鞋證明她的女紅手藝跟小腳一樣優秀。
- No dowry was exchanged, the witness said, and the boy will still be able to marry a human bride in the future without filing for divorce. 證婚人說，這場婚禮不用交換嫁妝，並且以後這個男孩仍然可以娶一個人類新娘，而無需申請離婚。
- The wedding season, which comes after the monsoon, is just around the corner. Lots of shiny things will be expected as part of the dowry. 在緊隨雨季而來的婚禮季節中，許多閃亮飾品都會被' 造購來作為嫁妝。
