单词hope chest
na.: “hope box”的变体
网络: 嫁妆箱；希望箱；希望之箱
（尤指过去未婚女子的）嫁妆:
items for the house collected by a woman, especially in the past, in preparation for her marriage (and often kept in a large chest )
If she plans to be married before eighteen , she should have started a hope chest .
如果她想在十八岁以前结婚，她早就应该准备嫁妆了。
If she plans to be married, before she is eighteen she should have started a hope chest .
如果她打算结婚，应该是她十八岁前就有这个愿望了。
For sale, Hope Chest, brand new, half off, long story.
嫁妆箱一个，全新，五折出售，里面有说不完的故事。