niece

niece

英 [niːs]
　　美 [nis]

n. 外甥女，侄女
　　n. (Niece)人名；(英)尼斯

中文詞源：

niece 侄女，外甥女

來自古法語niece,侄女，孫女，來自niepce,來自拉丁語neptia,孫女，-a,表陰性，詞源同nephew.後僅用於指侄女，外甥女。

例句：

1. He looked affectionately at his niece.
他慈愛地看著他的侄女。

2. My niece was left in my trust for the weekend.
我受托周末照顧我的外甥女.

3. He adopts his niece as his heiress.
他指定他的侄女為繼承人.

4. Mary left her most precious possession — a small bookcase to her niece.
瑪麗把她最珍視的財產——一個小書架，留給瞭她的侄女。

5. This year all the apples are all red. My niece and nephew are going out this morning with step-ladders to pick some.
今年所有的蘋果都紅瞭。我侄女和侄子今天早晨準備帶上梯子去摘一些。