niece

英 [niːs]

美 [niːs]

n.  侄女; 甥女

复数：nieces　

高考CET4CET6考研TEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.7967 / COCA.7475

牛津词典

noun

• 侄女；甥女
  the daughter of your brother or sister; the daughter of your husband's or wife's brother or sister

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 侄女;外甥女
  Someone'snieceis the daughter of their sister or brother.
  1. ...his niece from America, the daughter of his eldest sister.
     他从美国来的外甥女，他大姐的女儿

英英释义

noun

• a daughter of your brother or sister

双语例句

• Mary left her most precious possession — a small bookcase — to her niece.
  玛丽把她最珍视的财产——一个小书架，留给了她的侄女。
• I can't have a niece?
  我不能有侄女吗？
• And that's my niece and nephew behind her.
  在她后面的是我的侄子和侄女。
• Lucy is my niece.
  露西是我的侄女。
• Then I discovered, what was news to me, that his wife was Mary's niece.
  后来我发现，他妻子原来是Mary的侄女，这对我是个新闻。
• Introduced by friend, then I ordered for my little niece.
  听朋友介绍的，然后我帮小侄女买了。
• I was chaperoning a prom for my niece.
  我陪我的侄女参加了个舞会。
• I am not his daughter, I am his niece.
  我不是他的女儿，我是他的外甥女。
• I bought some minute knives and forks to go in my niece's doll's house.
  我为我侄女的玩具小屋买了些小刀和小叉。
• I bought my niece a lot of stationery.
  我给我的侄女买了很多文具。