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词汇 dowry
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dowry

noun
/ˈdaʊri/
/ˈdaʊri/
(plural dowries)
  1. money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married(新娘家给新郎的)嫁妆,陪嫁
    • 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。
    Topics Life stagesc2
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • substantial
    • small
    verb + dowry
    • give somebody
    • pay (somebody)
    • have
    dowry + noun
    • system
    • death
  2. money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife’s family when they get married(新郎给新娘家的)彩礼,财礼
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • substantial
    • small
    verb + dowry
    • give somebody
    • pay (somebody)
    • have
    dowry + noun
    • system
    • death
  3. 词源Middle English (denoting a widow's life interest in her husband's estate): from Anglo-Norman French dowarie, from medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dotare ‘endow’, from dos, dot- ‘dowry’; related to dare ‘give’.
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