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单词 dowry
释义 dowry
 /dow"ree/,  n.  ,  pl.   dowries.
  1. Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
  2.  Archaic.   a widow's dower.
  3. a natural gift, endowment, talent, etc.
 Also, dowery.
 [1250-1300; ME dowerie < AF douarie < ML dotarium. See DOT2, -ARY]
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