| 单词 | troth |
| 释义 | troth (once / 2140 pages) n A troth is a serious promise to be faithful, such as a pledge people make about getting married. If you and your girlfriend announce your troth at a family dinner, then that means you better be serious about your relationship. You can pronounce troth to rhyme with "cloth" or to rhyme with "oath." In fact, oath is a synonym for troth. Both words are related to truth, in that when someone makes a troth or an oath, what is said is taken as the truth. You can see troth in words like betrothal, which means engagement, or betrothed, which refers to a person someone is engaged to. WORD FAMILYtroth: troths USAGE EXAMPLESMore than any other industry, fashion had pledged its troth to Mrs. Clinton. New York Times(Nov 12, 2016) Legions have clung to this foul troth right up to last month when he declared that we really don’t need to hold an election. The Guardian(Nov 06, 2016) One is that some once great, grass roots movements pledged their troth to a political party and lost touch with their values and their members. Salon(Mar 29, 2016) 1n a solemn pledge of fidelity Syn|Hyper plight assurance, pledge a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something 2n a mutual promise to marry Syn|Hypo|Hyper betrothal, engagement ringing the giving of a ring as a token of engagement promise a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
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