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niece

/nees/US // nis //UK // (niːs) //

侄女,侄子,外甥女,侄儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
    • : a daughter of a person's spouse's brother or sister.

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Examples

  • She did not feel safe, she said, so she moved into her mother’s three-bedroom apartment with her two children, her brother, her sister and her niece.

  • If your nieces and nephews like camping in the back yard, or you have friends who enjoy traveling light, this single-height mattress is a great option.

  • His former lawyer is set to release a tell-all book about him and his niece already has.

  • However, it is more like your niece pointing to the rabbits while also understanding that rabbits are animals.

  • By contrast, the desire of his niece, Bethany, to become transhuman through tech implants and bio-hacking is met with anger, fear, and revulsion.

  • He is said to have had many affairs, chief among them with Jean Gordon, his half-niece.

  • He hugs his sister, Athelgra, hugs his daughter, Ernestine, hugs his niece Arthel.

  • Negron was dating Mayor Delle Donna's niece, Rita Perito, and their relationship allegedly turned physically abusive.

  • My ultimate aim is that by the time my niece is eight - she's three now - there won't be a risk of FGM.

  • I have a 13-year-old niece who is a Belieber (aka big fan of Justin).

  • One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.

  • It was evident to the German doctor that his patron looked forward to his great-niece's visit with pleasure.

  • Miss Barrington shook off her anger, and rising, laid a gentle hand on her niece's shoulder.

  • A niece is so safe—however good you are at statistics, you can't really prove anything.

  • (A little awkwardly) Darling one, I wonder if you'd mind—just at first—being introduced as my niece.