请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 marriage
释义 mar·riage
\ˈmarij, -rēj also ˈmer-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Middle French, from marier to marry + -age — more at marry
1.
 a. : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife
 b. : the mutual relation of husband and wife : wedlock
 c. : the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family — see monogamy, polygamy
2. : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected : wedding; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities — compare beena marriage, coemptio, confarreation, levirate
3. : an intimate or close union
4. : maritage
5. : the combination of a king and queen of the same suit (as in pinochle) — see royal marriage
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784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。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 21:47:44