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niece n.侄女；外甥女；教士的私生女 (1) 她的侄女穿著一条鲜明的淡黄色裙子。(2) 我侄女已练了六年芭蕾舞了。(3) 南希暂时同她外甥女住在一起。 Your parents' brothers and sisters are your uncles and aunts. If you are female, you are their niece. If you are male, you are their nephew. Both niece and nephew come from the Latin word nepotem. One nice thing about the spelling of niece is that it adheres to the "i" before "e" except after "c" rule. Whew!

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英 [niːs] 美 [niːs] (1) Her niece is wearing a bright yellowish skirt.(2) My niece has practiced ballet for six years.(3) Nancy is staying with her niece for the moment. A niece is your brother or sister's daughter. It's as simple as that. Here's an analogy: niece is to female, as nephew is to male. Get it? 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]侄女；外甥女 Someone's niece is the daughter of their sister or brother.   [oft poss N]...his niece from America, the daughter of his eldest sister.他从美国来的外甥女，他大姐的女儿

英语单词	niece
英美音标	英 [niːs] 美 [niːs]
中文释义	n.侄女；外甥女；教士的私生女
英语例句	(1) Her niece is wearing a bright yellowish skirt. (2) My niece has practiced ballet for six years. (3) Nancy is staying with her niece for the moment.
中文例句	(1) 她的侄女穿著一条鲜明的淡黄色裙子。 (2) 我侄女已练了六年芭蕾舞了。 (3) 南希暂时同她外甥女住在一起。
vocabulary简明	A niece is your brother or sister's daughter. It's as simple as that. Here's an analogy: niece is to female, as nephew is to male. Get it?
vocabulary扩展	Your parents' brothers and sisters are your uncles and aunts. If you are female, you are their niece. If you are male, you are their nephew. Both niece and nephew come from the Latin word nepotem. One nice thing about the spelling of niece is that it adheres to the "i" before "e" except after "c" rule. Whew!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]侄女；外甥女 Someone's niece is the daughter of their sister or brother. [oft poss N] ...his niece from America, the daughter of his eldest sister. 他从美国来的外甥女，他大姐的女儿

Niece Female Nephew Daughter 英 Niːs] 美 Niːs N.侄女；外甥女；教士的私生女