dowry [ˈdaʊri]

例句:

• They were part of the dowry Papa offered for Maman.
  来自NEWYORKER
• 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.
  
• If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
  如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆，她就要做家政服务赚钱。
  
• 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。
  
• Florence and her dowry...were lost...by a turn of the dice.
  来自B. H. Malkin
• Like being set alight in a row over your dowry.
  来自THETIMES