| 单词 | wedlock |
| 释义 | wedlock (once / 3457 pages) n The noun wedlock means marriage; you might describe your newly-married sister as "entering the magical state of wedlock." Wedlock is an old-fashioned word for matrimony, the state of being married. It comes up most often in the phrase "out of wedlock," when gossipers are describing a baby born to unmarried parents. Even though wedlock sounds like it would have a root meaning of "locked into marriage," it actually comes from the Old English wedlac, from wed, "pledge," and lac, which denotes action. WORD FAMILYwedlock: wedlocks USAGE EXAMPLESAlso reportedly had several other children out of wedlock. Seattle Times(Nov 25, 2016) Democratic nominee Grover Cleveland had fathered a child out of wedlock. Washington Times(Nov 15, 2016) No one could have predicted that something like 70 percent of black births would be out of wedlock. Salon(Nov 12, 2016) n the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) Syn|Hypo|Hyper marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union bigamy having two spouses at the same time common-law marriagea marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriagemarriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law exogamy, intermarriagemarriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law marriage of conveniencea marriage for expediency rather than love misalliancean unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) monandrythe state of having only one husband at a time monogamousness, monogamyhaving only one spouse at a time open marriagea marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other cuckoldomthe state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery polygamyhaving more than one spouse at a time sigeha Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years mesalliancea marriage with a person of inferior social status monogynyhaving only one wife at a time serial monogamya succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces) polyandryhaving more than one husband at a time polygynyhaving more than one wife at a time marital status the condition of being married or unmarried |
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