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单词 marriage bed
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marriage bedn.

Brit. /ˈmarɪdʒ ˌbɛd/, U.S. /ˈmɛrɪdʒ ˌbɛd/
Forms: see marriage n. and bed n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: marriage n., bed n.
Etymology: < marriage n. + bed n.Figurative uses may be after corresponding uses of classical Latin thalamus marriage chamber.
The bed used by a married couple; (hence) the sexual relationship of a husband and wife. Frequently used in figurative context with reference to marital fidelity. Also (occasionally) in more extended uses.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > conjugal relations > rights and duties
bedc1175
wedlock-debt1422
marriage bed1567
marriage duty1567
spouse-bed1605
marriage joya1616
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed
bridebedOE
bridal beda1547
marriage bed1567
nuptial bed1578
wedding-bed1597
Hymen-bed1598
thore1649
wed-beda1650
geniala1701
nuptial couch1731
wedlock bed1820
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 51 Ne didst thou cause a marriage bed for Bridewife to be drest.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 130 Gall was cast out from the sacrifice of Iuno, which betokened that the marriage bed should be without bitternesse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 27 Adri. This seruitude makes you to keepe vnwed. Luci. Not this, but troubles of the marriage bed . View more context for this quotation
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 414 The great felicity which Lovers promise to themselves, and taste also when they meet together in the Marriage-bed.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 446. ¶6 We do not find any Comedy..raised upon the Violations of the Marriage Bed.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 423 The marriage bed of James the 1st of Great Britain..was, a few years ago, the ornament of an alehouse at Dunfermline.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals (1877) II. iv. 7 During the period of penance, the penitent was compelled to abstain from the marriage-bed.
1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxviii. 41 Ages since the vanquished bled Round my mother's marriage-bed.
1913 D. H. Lawrence Love Poems 5 The low-built shed Where hangs the swallow's marriage bed.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 442 He felt it his mission in life to urge me, to defile the marriage bed, to commit adultery at the earliest possible opportunity.
1951 W. Sansom Face of Innocence iv. 45 She might think this was a trick of Harry's to get her away with him, to preamble the marriage-bed.
1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Nov. 37/4 Even in the marriage bed, any quest for extra delights they stigmatized as sinful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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