单词 | shotgun wedding |
释义 | > as lemmasshotgun wedding shotgun wedding n. originally U.S. a wedding made in haste or under duress by reason of the bride's pregnancy; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > in haste or under duress shotgun wedding1927 shotgun marriage1929 1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry ix. 134 There were, in those parts and those days, not infrequent ceremonies known as ‘shotgun weddings’. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Oct. 1/1 Charges that the veto system was a ‘shotgun wedding’ forced upon the small nations. 1974 E. Huxley Gallipot Eyes (1976) 61 She can't have been more than fourteen when she married. A shot-gun wedding, clearly. < as lemmas |
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