| 单词 | engagement ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasengagement ring d. The fact of being engaged to be married; betrothal. Also attributive, esp. as engagement ring. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] truthc1300 betrothingc1315 truthingc1350 espousala1393 troth-plighta1393 desponsationa1400 troth-plightingc1400 ensurance1469 fiançailles1477 handfasting1483 assurancea1513 assuring1530 suring1530 contract1551 insurancea1556 trothing1565 despousage1570 betrothment1585 contracting1585 affiancing1596 spousage1596 espousage1599 handfasta1616 desponsories1645 hand-fastening1662 disposories1668 contraction1702 engagement1811 plightage1819 betrothal1844 heart-bond1887 introduction1965 kwanjula1973 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > ring engagement ring1861 engaged ring1869 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > betrothal or wedding-ring wedding-ringc1386 engagement ring1861 plight-ring1875 wedding band1946 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iv. 173 She knew her Engagements to Horatio. View more context for this quotation] 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. vii. 114 ‘If your engagement had been carried on for months and months..before he chose to put an end to it.’..‘Engagement!’ cried Marianne, ‘there has been no engagement.’ View more context for this quotation 1859 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1997) IX. 20 Much excited and pleased by your account of your daughter's engagement. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 22 She [Sarah] held her engagement to him at an end. 1861 Cassell's Illustr. Family Paper 2 Feb. 160/2 The gentleman wears the engagement ring on the third finger of the left hand; the lady on the third finger of the right hand. 1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xxxix. 372 Angie wore on her finger an engagement-ring. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 103 Our blessed Engagement Day! A dear and sacred day. 1909 Daily Chron. 5 Aug. 7/1 Though they had not yet reached the engagement-ring stage, all of her friends were wondering how soon they could begin to plan for the wedding. 1970 C. Kersh Aggravations of Minnie Ashe xiv. 202 He bought an engagement ring (later to be pawned by his widow and never redeemed). < as lemmas |
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