Niece
[niːs] or [nis]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.
(n.) A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
編輯:弗吉尼亚
解釋/意思:
n. (fem. of Nephew) the daughter of a brother or sister: (orig.) a granddaughter.
整理:理查德
娱乐性解釋/意思：
For a woman to dream of her niece, foretells she will have unexpected trials and much useless worry in the near future.
校對:奥斯瓦德
例句/造句/用法:
- The lasses behind; the niece in a front room. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- No happiness of son or niece could make her wish the marriage. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Mrs. Peniston, however, did not suffer from her niece's adaptability. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Only three women--his niece and two servants. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Well, perhaps it will be for the best, as your sister, niece, and Mr Carriston are on board, and won't care about being mixed up in a battle. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As soon as the vehicle and its driver had withdrawn so far as to be beyond all possible reach of her voice, Mrs. Yeobright turned to her niece. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- If he had never seen your 'Polly,' others might and would have pleased him--your niece, Miss Fanshawe, for instance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- All your attentions to the niece--rather rude, than otherwise, to the aunt--only way of deceiving the old ones. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Last Thursday (May 7th) I, my niece, and your two brothers, went to walk in Plainpalais. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Martha Endell--side by side with whom, he would not have seen his dear niece, Ham had told me, for all the treasures wrecked in the sea. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The door was opened; the pony-carriage was ordered; shawls and bonnets were demanded; Mr. Helstone called for his niece. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But the niece suspected his scheme. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I said, my niece is very young, and that kind of thing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- My niece is fond of your charming art. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Emma and Harriet went together; Miss Bates and her niece, with the Eltons; the gentlemen on horseback. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Her nieces and nephews can't have so much claim as my sister's. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Do you think my dear nieces pretty? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- My nephews and nieces! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- And there's none more ready to nurse you than your own sister and your own nieces, if you'd only say the word. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Mr. Phillips visited them all, and this opened to his nieces a store of felicity unknown before. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She goes to Germany to-morrow with one of your nieces for a little polishing up in her education. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The children of a first cousin are your nephews and nieces, just the same as the children of your brothers and sisters. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The spinster aunt uttered a piercing scream, burst into an hysteric laugh, and fell backwards in the arms of her nieces. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She has two nieces of her own. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
校對:伊薇特