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dowry n.嫁妆；天资 (1) 作为她的嫁妆,她父亲将自己写的两本书给了她。(2) 他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆。 Traditionally, a woman's family offered a dowry to potential husbands in order to make the match more attractive to the man and his family. The word dowry can actually mean "payment," but it can also refer to whatever property or savings a woman herself brings into a marriage. The Latin word dotare is the root of dowry, and it means "to endow or to portion out."

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英 ['daʊri] 美 ['daʊri] (1) Her father gave her the two books he had written as her dowry.(2) His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry. In some cultures, the bride or her family pays a certain amount of money or property to the groom when a couple is married. This payment is called a dowry. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]嫁妆；陪嫁 A woman's dowry is the money and goods which, in some cultures, her family gives to the man that she marries. 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。

英语单词	dowry
英美音标	英 ['daʊri] 美 ['daʊri]
中文释义	n.嫁妆；天资
英语例句	(1) Her father gave her the two books he had written as her dowry. (2) His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
中文例句	(1) 作为她的嫁妆,她父亲将自己写的两本书给了她。 (2) 他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆。
vocabulary简明	In some cultures, the bride or her family pays a certain amount of money or property to the groom when a couple is married. This payment is called a dowry.
vocabulary扩展	Traditionally, a woman's family offered a dowry to potential husbands in order to make the match more attractive to the man and his family. The word dowry can actually mean "payment," but it can also refer to whatever property or savings a woman herself brings into a marriage. The Latin word dotare is the root of dowry, and it means "to endow or to portion out."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]嫁妆；陪嫁 A woman's dowry is the money and goods which, in some cultures, her family gives to the man that she marries. 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。

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