大家好，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——嫁妝, 這個短語的英文表達不是指「married clothes」，其正確的表達是：
bottom drawer 嫁妝，嫁妝箱
Kate's grandmother gave her a quilt for her bottom drawer.
凱特的奶奶給她的嫁妝添了一床被子。
Sarah collected linens and sheets for her bottom drawer in anticipation of her new life as a married woman.
薩利把亞麻製品和床單收起來作為她的嫁妝，期待著當她結婚開始新生活的時候使用。
dowry 嫁妝，陪嫁
His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
他的家庭希望新娘能帶來豐厚的嫁妝。
Her father gave her the two books he had written as her dowry.
作為她的嫁妝，她父親將自己寫的兩本書給了她。
I only need to save up for the dowry. My fiance already has a large house and two cars.
我只需要把嫁妝錢攢好就可以了。 我的未婚夫已經有一套大房子和兩輛車了。