niece 音标拼音: [n'is]
n . 侄女,甥女
侄女,甥女
niece n 1 :
a daughter of your brother or sister [
ant : {
nephew }]
Niece \
Niece \ (
n [=
e ]
s ),
n . [
OE .
nece ,
F .
ni [`
e ]
ce ,
LL .
neptia ,
for L .
neptis a granddaughter ,
niece ,
akin to nepos .
See {
Nephew }.]
1 .
A relative ,
in general ;
especially ,
a descendant ,
whether male or female ;
a granddaughter or a grandson . [
Obs .] --
B .
Jonson .
Wyclif .
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Especially :
A daughter of one '
s brother or sister ,
or of one '
s brother -
in -
law or sister -
in -
law .
In modern English ,
this is the primary meaning .
[
1913 Webster ]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "
niece ":
aunt ,
auntie ,
blood brother ,
brethren ,
brother ,
bub ,
bubba ,
bud ,
buddy ,
country cousin ,
cousin ,
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ,
daughter ,
father ,
first cousin ,
foster brother ,
frater ,
grandnephew ,
grandniece ,
granduncle ,
great -
aunt ,
great -
uncle ,
half brother ,
kid brother ,
mother ,
nephew ,
nuncle ,
nunks ,
nunky ,
second cousin ,
sis ,
sissy ,
sister ,
sister -
german ,
sistern ,
son ,
stepbrother ,
stepsister ,
unc ,
uncle ,
uncs ,
uterine brother
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