dowry ['dauəri]

英汉解释

n. 嫁妆；天资；亡夫遗产

同义词

n. dower，dowery，portion

参考例句

1. As long as there dowry, they can buy many things.
只要有财礼，就能够买到许多东西。
2. I confess that as a young girl I loved a man who would not marry me for want of a dowry.
我坦白，作为一个年轻女孩我爱上了一个不想因我的嫁妆而娶我的男人。
3. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
如果女子的父亲拒绝让他跟女儿成婚，他必须付出相当于给一个处女的聘金。

英英解释

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

网络释义

dowry
嫁妆; 天资,嫁妆; 陪嫁物; 陪嫁;
Indirect Dowry
间接嫁妆;
Love Dowry
爱情定金;
dowry talent
天资;
Death Dowry
米香;