niece

英 [niːs] 美 [nis]

解释

※ 提供单词"niece"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

niece 侄女，外甥女

来自古法语niece,侄女，孙女，来自niepce,来自拉丁语neptia,孙女，-a,表阴性，词源同nephew.后仅用于指侄女，外甥女。

niece: niece: [13] Niece comes ultimately from *neptī-, the feminine form of Indo-European *nepōt- (source of English nephew). This passed into Latin as neptis ‘granddaughter, niece’, which in post-classical times became *neptia. Old French took it over as niece – whence English niece. *Neptī- also had a Germanic descendant, *niptiz, which now survives only in German nichte and Dutch nicht ‘niece’.
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niece (n.): c. 1300, from Old French niece "niece, granddaughter" (12c., Modern French nièce), earlier niepce, from Latin neptia (also source of Portuguese neta, Spanish nieta), a more decidedly feminine form of neptis "granddaughter," in Late Latin "niece," fem. of nepos "grandson, nephew" (see nephew). Replaced Old English nift, from Proto-Germanic *neftiz, from the same PIE root (Old English also used broðordohter and nefene).

Until c. 1600, it also commonly meant "a granddaughter" or any remote female descendant. Cognate with Spanish nieta, Old Lithuanian nepte, Sanskrit naptih "granddaughter;" Czech net, Old Irish necht, Welsh nith, German Nichte "niece."

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4. Mary left her most precious possession — a small bookcase to her niece.: 玛丽把她最珍视的财产——一个小书架，留给了她的侄女。

5. This year all the apples are all red. My niece and nephew are going out this morning with step-ladders to pick some.: 今年所有的苹果都红了。我侄女和侄子今天早晨准备带上梯子去摘一些。