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 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。
Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
I had to give back a portion of the dowry after the divorce.
离婚后，我不得不归还我的那份嫁妆。
We went to check yoon-ju's dowry presents today.
今天我们去看了勇俊的嫁妆。
His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆。
Big brother helped out a lot with the wedding dowry.
哥为了嫁妆的事操了不少心。
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。
After a few moths, the groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry. Together with the bride to the house of the husband, the dowry became the woman's private property in her new home.
过了两三个月以后，新娘及他的亲属们前来接新娘，把她和她的嫁妆一起带回丈夫家。嫁妆跟随妇女由娘家到婆家，成为她们在新家庭中的私产。
The daughter's dowry or wedding feast is so pitiably small.
这个女儿的嫁妆或结婚宴席实在寒碜得可怜。
Perhaps she needs a dowry.
也可能嫁女需要昂贵的嫁妆。