释义
[ daw -ter-in-law ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdɔ tər ɪnˌlɔ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun, plural daugh·ters-in-law. Origin of daughter-in-law First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English doughter in lawe; see origin at daughter, in, law1 ; from Middle English in-lawe “in law,” i.e., “a person within the regulation and protection of the law,” based on the prohibition by Roman civil law and, later, Christian canon law, of marriages within four degrees of consanguinity, i.e., up to and including first cousins
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Example sentences from the Web for daughter-in-law The family shared housing with the ever present and domineering Sara, who rarely had a kind word for her daughter-in-law .
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She was already complaining that people would send money to her daughter-in-law Marina, but that she would be forgotten.
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Now staying with his son and daughter-in-law in their small apartment in Bayside, Queens, he is facing two battles.
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While in London, Harriman also launched an affair with Pamela Churchill, daughter-in-law of the prime minister.
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This was a greater faith than that of her daughter-in-law , Ruth, whose name is not mentioned.
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No rival for me, That Other; but daughter-in-law —best gift a son can bring to his father's house.
Miss Chn is staying with me, not your daughter-in-law ; so you had better mind your own business.
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"I was only thinking that my daughter-in-law would perhaps be the best person to speak to Jared," replied Mrs. Franklin at last.
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She is a charming old lady, and Mrs. Carrington, the daughter-in-law , is bright and entertaining.
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British Dictionary definitions for daughter-in-law noun plural daughters-in-law Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012