| 单词 | marriage bureau |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarriage bureau marriage bureau n. an agency which arranges introductions for persons wishing to marry; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > marriage bureau matrimonial agency1860 marriage bureau1942 1942 M. Oliver & M. Benedetta Marriage Bureau 19 How much better it would be if there were an organization that could arrange the actual match-making and see that suitable people met each other. And this way my idea for the Marriage Bureau. 1960 N. Epton Love & English vi. v. 356 This modern matchmaker, the marriage bureau, is middle-class and eminently respectable. 1989 Population: Eng. Select. 44 118 Prospective spouses who..state clearly their intention to marry by going through..the marriage bureau. 2009 F. Zama Marriage Bureau for Rich People (new ed.) ii. 13 A month had gone by since he had opened the marriage bureau, and business was steady but slow. < as lemmas |
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