单词 | to marry off |
释义 | > as lemmasto marry off b. transitive. to marry off: to dispose of by marriage, to secure a spouse for (a daughter, etc.). ΚΠ a1701 C. Sedley tr. D. A. de Brueys & J. Palaprat Grumbler i. vii, in Wks. (1722) II. 159 You had yesterday resolv'd to marry off your Children to Advantage. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins II. xxiii. 285 Such as were fit for it were married off to the best Alliances in the Country. 1793 J. O'Keeffe World in Village iv. iii. 31 Flashing away to procure a little civility, or to marry off his sister. 1860 Queen Victoria Let. 18 Dec. in Dearest Child (1964) 292 I do wish somebody would go and marry her off—at once. 1865 M. C. Harris St. Philip's viii. 59 If the young girls did not mind being..finally married off to some of her protégés, it was all very well. 1894 V. Hunt Maiden's Progress i. 2 I sincerely hope you will be married off before I come on, or I shall have no peace. 1908 Smart Set June 14/1 Mr. Hardcastle was insisting upon marrying off Aunt Ella to Señor Dominguez y Aguirra. 1973 ‘E. Ferrars’ Foot in Grave viii. 150 I've worked quite hard at trying to get you married off. 1989 B. Mukherjee Jasmine (1990) vi. 39 A daughter had to be married off before she could enter heaven. < as lemmas |
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