dowry中文什么意思

n.
1.嫁妆，嫁资。
2.天赋，天禀，才能。
3.〔古语〕寡妇(继承亡夫的一份)产业。
+更多解释...4.〔古语〕(丈夫给新娘的)财礼。

• dowry payment:    嫁妆费

例句与用法

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1. He answered that he would give her twenty thousand crowns for her dowry and half his estate at his death .
   他答应说，他准备给她两万克郎作为陪嫁，她死的时候再分给她一半田产。
2. They prayed for a mere girl, thinking a large dowry would buy the daughter a husband from a poor family who would take their clan name .
   他们祈祷只生一个女儿，他们想，有一大笔陪嫁，就可以招一个穷人家的孩子入赘，由他来继承他们家族的姓氏。
3. Assure your good people that the dowry will be appropriate
   和你家人讲准备好嫁妆
4. The dowry of my wife was very little in that age
   那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
5. Sometimes , dowries are paid to the women ' s families
   有的时候会付嫁妆给女方的家人。

英文释义

名词

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
   同义词：dowery, dower, portion

百科释义

A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to a marriage.Dowry ? Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (A dowry consisting mainly of linen and clothing, or the contents of a hope chest is called a trousseau.