heiress
英 ['eərɪs; eə'res]
美
- n. 女继承人
词态变化
复数: heiresses;
中文词源
heiress 女继承人
heir,继承人，-ess,表阴性。
英文词源
- heiress (n.)
- 1650s, from heir + -ess.
双语例句
- 1. From the start, doubts surrounded her claim to be the missing heiress.
- 她自称是失踪的女继承人这件事从一开始就存在很多疑点.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Byron has married an heiress.
- 拜伦娶了个有遗产的女人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He adopts his niece as his heiress.
- 他指定他的侄女为继承人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He took an heiress to wife and was regarded with suspicion by her family.
- 他娶了个女继承人为妻子,女方家庭对他的结婚动机抱有怀疑态度.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Richard was his father's only heir, as he had no brothers or sisters.
- 理查德是他父亲的唯一继承人, 因为他没有兄弟姐妹. (女性为:heiress)
来自辞典例句