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

The groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry.
新郎和他的亲戚来接新娘及嫁妆回家。
The dowry was the wife's right to receive a tenth of all her husband's property.
妻子的嫁妆使她有权获得其丈夫十分之一的财物。
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。
A married woman's personal property exclusive of her dowry, according to common law.
妻子的财产按照习惯法，已婚妇女除嫁妆以外的个人财产。
He married you for dowry.
他娶你是为了你的嫁妆。
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。
In societies where the groom had to pay for his bride, the dowry served as a return gift.
在新郎必须想新娘的佳人支付金钱以迎娶新娘的社会里，嫁妆就起着回赠礼物的作用。
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
It is believed that three poor sisters could not marry because they had no money for a dowry.
据说有三个姐妹因为没钱办嫁妆而不能结婚。
Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。