| 词汇 | daughter-in-law |
| 释义 | daughter-in-law noun[ C ] uk /ˈdɔː.tər.ɪn.lɔː/ us /ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ.ɪn.lɑː/pluraldaughters-in-law B2 the woman who is married to your son or daughter儿媳 Family: non-blood relations auntie blended family brother-in-law co-brother co-sister godfather godmother godparent godson in-law sister-in-law son-in-law step step kid stepbrother stepfather stepmother stepmum stepparent stepsister He was exceedingly fond of his daughter-in-law, and never could speak of her without emotion. My daughter-in-law is good to me but she needs everything she makes. She owns nothing and is living in the home of her daughter-in-law who is kind to her and cares for her as best she can. The farewells of mother and daughter-in-law were cold. There arose at once the almost inevitable conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. daughter-in-law | American Dictionarydaughter-in-law noun[ C ] us/ˈdɔ·t̬ər·ənˌlɔ/pluraldaughters-in-lawus/ˈdɔ·t̬ərz·ənˌlɔ/ the wife of a person’s son Examples of daughter-in-lawdaughter-in-law Several of the widowed or divorced men lived with a daughter, daughter-in-law or granddaughter and were thereby assured of care should they need it. Over the fiveyear period land-buying households increased their adult labour force chiefly by bringing in a son- or daughter-in-law. Older women are much more likely than men to mention having this support from a daughter-in-law. In the last group, the carers were a neighbour, a son, a son and daughter-in-law, and a nephew and a niece. Her daughter-in-law took care of her and became accustomed to keeping an eye on her during her daily housework. This scene seems to symbolize the impending succession to the position of ie wife by the daughter-in-law. After his death, his daughter-in-law described him as a man of strong beliefs in all that he did. Hiring an outsider who becomes an insider is a way of preventing the embarrassment which would otherwise occur between parent and child (or daughter-in-law). In other words, the prerogatives of the ie wife had not yet been handed down to the daughter-in-law. Care from a daughter-in-law is expected by a third of those who have one. The expectations for a daughter-in-law are markedly reduced among older men and women who have both a spouse and a daughter. In the other half of the house is their son, a daughter-in-law and their two children. Her daughter-in-law remained the only person to bring water and rice gruel three times a day and to clean away her excrement in the evening. I am happy to share it with my daughter-in-law. Then he had added some little husband's joke as to a future daughter-in-law who should wear them. See all examples of daughter-in-law These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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