| 释义 |
espoused, ppl. a.|ɪˈspaʊzd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb. Also quasi-n.
1611Bible Luke ii. 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife. 1660Glanvill Vanity Dogmat. xiii. 120 The beloved Opinion being..wedded to the Intellect; the case of our espoused self becomes our own. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 710 With Flowers, Garlands, and sweet-smelling Herbs Espoused Eve deckt first her Nuptial Bed. 1701Lady M. W. Montague Lett. II. xlvii. 46 The espoused never see one another till three days after their marriage. 1791Cowper Iliad 1. 138 My own first espoused. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. iii. 39 The female..was still more actively propagating the espoused doctrines. |