dowry

英 [ˈdaʊri]

美 [ˈdaʊri]

n. (新娘的)嫁妆，陪嫁; (新郎给新娘家的)彩礼，财礼

复数：dowries　

BNC.15383 / COCA.17661

牛津词典

noun

（新娘的）嫁妆，陪嫁
money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married
（新郎给新娘家的）彩礼，财礼
money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife's family when they get married

N-COUNT 嫁妆;陪嫁
A woman'sdowryis the money and goods which, in some cultures, her family gives to the man that she marries.
1. The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
  她的嫁妆钱都投到了母亲的铺子里。

noun

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Synonym:dowerydowerportion

She promises, as her dowry, one half of the western empire.
她许诺，将以帝国的一半，作为她的嫁妆。
Suspicion, discontent, and strife, come in for dowry with a wife& Robert Herrick, poet.
怀疑、不满和冲突作为嫁妆，随老婆一起到来&罗伯特。赫利克，诗人。
The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.
那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
How could I utter for shame that I keep for my dowry this poverty.
我又怎能抱愧地说我的妆奁就是贫穷。
My Uncle's family are busy preparing for her dowry.
我舅舅一家人都为她的婚礼嫁妆做了充分的准备。
The last step before the actual wedding is to negotiate the dowry price.
婚礼前的最后一步是实际谈判的嫁妆价格。
He married you for dowry.
他娶你是为了你的嫁妆。
We went to check yoon-ju's dowry presents today.
今天我们去看了勇俊的嫁妆。
Her father give her the two book He has write as her dowry
作为她的嫁妆，她父亲将自己写的两本书给了她