- dowery
- ['dauəri]
- n. 嫁妆;天资
参考例子
- 1.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。
- 2.Raise the dowery, , and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.
- 任凭你们向我要多少聘金和礼品,我必照你们提出的交付,只要你们将这少女给我为妻。
- 3.The next morning, the ladies woke up and discovered the golds full of the stockings which is enough for the dowery.
- 第二天早上,女儿们醒来发现她们的长统袜里装满了金子,足够供她们买嫁妆了。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage