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daughter-in-law

/daw-ter-in-law/US // ˈdɔ tər ɪnˌlɔ //

媳妇,儿媳妇,媳妇儿,儿媳

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural daugh·ters-in-law.

    • : the wife of one's child.

Examples

  • Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.

  • Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.

  • A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”

  • To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.

  • In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.

  • "The Smoker," and "Mother and Daughter," a triptych, are two of her principal pictures.

  • We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.

  • The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.

  • He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.

  • He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.