| 单词 | bride capture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride capture bride capture n. the action of kidnapping a woman as a means of obtaining a wife; cf. bride abduction n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > bride capture bride capture1869 bride abduction1879 1869 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 154 Traces, however, of ‘bride-capture’ do certainly still exist. 1937 C. M. Arensberg Irish Countryman iii. 106 A last remnant of a primeval bride-capture. 1999 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 5 64 Makuna speak of bride capture as theft or as a hunt. < as lemmas |
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