niece
niece 英 [ni:s] 美 [nis]
n. 外甥女，侄女
名词复数:nieces
- A niece is your brother or sister's daughter. It's as simple as that. Here's an analogy: niece is to female, as nephew is to male. Get it?
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- n. 外甥女，侄女
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1. My father has a lovely niece.
我的爸爸有一个可爱的侄女。
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2. Congratulations, my dear niece!
祝贺你，我亲爱的外甥女！
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3. It will be my nephew or niece.
我将要有一个侄子或侄女。
- 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).
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