The marriage vow or obligation. Chiefly in phrases, to hold, keep wedlock, to be faithful in marriage; to break (one's) wedlock, to commit adultery…
单词 | θ179917 |
释义 | society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > commit fornication, adultery, or incest [verb (intransitive)] > commit adultery (15) to break (one's) wedlocka1100 The marriage vow or obligation. Chiefly in phrases, to hold, keep wedlock, to be faithful in marriage; to break (one's) wedlock, to commit adultery… to break spousehoodc1175 To violate, do violence to; to fail to observe or keep; to transgress. (The opposite of to keep sacred… †to break spousehood (Middle English), to bre… to break (also spill) (one's) spousal1340 The fact or state of being married or betrothed; the married state; wedlock. Sometimes in plural in same sense. Obsolete. adultera1382 intransitive. To commit or practise adultery. to overgo one's beda1382 transitive. figurative. To pass (a conceptual or moral limit); to transgress. Obsolete. vowtrec1475 (intransitive) to commit adultery. to break matrimony1530 To violate, do violence to; to fail to observe or keep; to transgress. (The opposite of to keep sacred… †to break spousehood (Middle English), to bre… to break wedlock1530 To violate, do violence to; to fail to observe or keep; to transgress. (The opposite of to keep sacred… †to break spousehood (Middle English), to bre… adulterize1611 intransitive. To commit adultery (with someone). Now rare (archaic in later use). adulterate1613 intransitive. To practise or commit adultery (with someone). Also figurative. Now rare. to commit the seventh1874 colloquial. to commit the seventh: to break the seventh commandment, to commit adultery. Obsolete. to play away1987 intransitive. colloquial (British and Australian). to play away (from home): to be unfaithful to one's partner; to commit adultery. Cf. away, adv.… Subcategories:— be dishonoured by wife's adultery (2) — of wife: run off with lover (1) |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。