单词 | marriage |
释义 | mar·riage ![]() n. 1. a. A legal union between two persons that confers certain privileges and entails certain obligations of each person to the other, formerly restricted in the United States to a union between a woman and a man. b. A similar union of more than two people; a polygamous marriage. c. A union between persons that is recognized by custom or religious tradition as a marriage. d. A common-law marriage. e. The state or relationship of two adults who are married: Their marriage has been a happy one. 2. A wedding: Where is the marriage to take place? 3. A close union: "the most successful marriage of beauty and blood in mainstream comics" (Lloyd Rose). 4. Games The combination of the king and queen of the same suit, as in pinochle. [Middle English mariage, from Old French, from marier, to marry; see MARRY1.] |
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