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Dowry N Latin Portion Dauəri 嫁妆,妆奁 英 N.嫁妆,妆奁(Money

单词 dowry
音标 ['dauəri]
解释 n. 嫁妆,妆奁
红宝书 【英】 n.嫁妆,妆奁(money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage)
字源 dowry (n.)
early 14c., from Anglo-French dowarie, Old French doaire (late 13c.) "dower, dowry, gift," from Medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dotare "to endow, portion," from dos (genitive dotis) "marriage portion," from PIE *do-ti (cognates: Sanskrit dadati, Greek didonai, Old Church Slavonic dati, Lithuanian duoti, Armenian tam, all meaning "to give"), from root *do- "to give" (see date (n.1)).
不择手段背单词 n. 嫁妆(新娘带给其夫的钱财); 天赋
【源】最开始指: 寡妇继承亡夫的那份产业; 然后指: 丈夫给新娘的财礼; 现在指: 新娘带给其夫的钱财(哈哈哈)看来男人的地位在上昇J
【记】do+wry(不好说, 自己想)
趣味全助记 【记】来自dower,drawer 抽屉里全是钱,嫁妆;

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