dower

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基本意思释义

n.嫁妆，天赋，从亡夫处得来的用以维持生活的财产

vt.给以用以维持生活的财产，给以嫁妆

短语及实用例句

She was drinking all day by the dower.

她用从亡夫处得来的产业整天喝酒.

The dower of the woman is very much.

那个妇女的嫁妆很多.

Let her beauty be her wedding dower, for me and my possessions she esteems not.

就让她的美貌当她的嫁妆吧; 因为她瞧不起我和我的财产.

英英释义

Noun

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

2. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

Verb

1. furnish with an endowment;

\"When she got married, she got dowered\"