dowery

英

美

n.  嫁妆，天资

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• So why do we hear about Indian brides getting murdered or severely punished by the groom's family when her dowery is not sufficient? That's not money driven?
  那我们怎么听说，在印度如果女方嫁妆不够，新娘会被杀或是受到男方家庭的粗暴对待？这就不是钱导致的了？
• The next program was to move dowery, they began to move out of the hall after the couple.
  下一个节目是亲戚朋友帮忙搬嫁妆，大家开始跟着新人陆陆续续往外走。
• Gosh, when parents realize that they might get a huge dowery for the hand in marriage of their rare daughters, girls may be in vogue again.
  天啊，他们知道自己不能给出足够的嫁妆后他们会珍惜女孩，女孩会成为一种潮流。