- 1n/niːs/姪女；外甥女
A girl or woman who is the daughter of your or sister, or the daughter of your husband's or wife's or sister.
中文會分「姪女」（兄弟的女兒）和「外甥女」（姊妹的女兒），但英文只有一個字 niece，兩種都算；連老公或老婆那邊的兄弟姊妹生的女兒，也一樣叫 niece。可以想成：英文的親戚稱呼不分父系母系，只看「差一輩、旁邊那一支」再看男女——女生是 niece，男生就是 nephew。注意 niece 不是 cousin：cousin（表／堂兄弟姊妹）是跟你同一輩的，niece 比你小一輩。
示範例句 · Example
My niece is turning six next week, so I'm making her a card.
中文翻譯我的姪女下週要滿六歲了，所以我正在幫她做一張卡片。
常見搭配
nieces and nephews
姪女姪子們（晚輩的孩子們）
the daughters and sons of your brothers and sisters
Her nieces and nephews were all gathered around the table.
my little niece
我的小姪女（帶著疼愛的語氣）
your young niece, said with affection
My little niece drew a picture of our whole family.
a five-year-old niece
一個五歲的姪女
a niece who is five years old
I spent the afternoon making a birthday gift for my five-year-old niece.
great-niece
姪孫女／外甥孫女
the granddaughter of your brother or sister
Grandma sends a card to her great-niece every New Year.
意思相反
core核心畫面
From the word’s history
From Old French nece 'niece, granddaughter', from Latin neptis 'granddaughter'.
源自古法文 nece「姪女、孫女」，來自拉丁文 neptis「孫女」。
The same step on the family tree as a nephew, but a girl: your 's or sister's daughter, or the daughter of your husband's or wife's or sister. One branch sideways, one generation down.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Niecename
- 1
A surname.
niecenoun/niːs/
- 1
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
- My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday.
- 2
A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。