niece
B1
CET-4
高中
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n. 侄女, 甥女
发音
UK
/niːs/
US
/nis/
词形变化
nieces
复数
nieces
别名
neece
neice
教材释义与例句
名词
外甥女，侄女
the daughter of your brother or sister, or the daughter of your wife's or husband's brother or sister
...his niece, the daughter of his eldest sister.
…他的外甥女，他大姐的女儿。
释义与例句
n.
B1
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1.
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
侄女
甥女
外甥女
My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.
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2.
A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law
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词源
From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.
来源：wiktionary