| 单词 | marriage noose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarriage noose marriage noose n. figurative (humorous) the state or bond of matrimony, regarded as a trap or snare (see noose n. 2a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > marriage or wedding bond knota1225 benda1250 spousing bandc1275 God's banda1425 marriage bond1595 marriage knot1595 marriage noosec1600 noosec1600 marriage tie1664 bridal knot1679 marriage chain1679 the shackles1780 wedding-knot1902 c1600 Timon (1980) ii. iv. 31 Wilt thou putte thy necke Into a marr'age nooze? 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 91 To choose to thrust his Neck into the Marriage Noose! 1783 H. Cowley Bold Stroke for Husband i. ii. 7 At sixty-three, the marriage noose, and the hempen noose, shou'd always go together. 1845 W. G. Simms in Southern & Western Mag. June 411 And thus, though haltered fast in a marriage noose, 'Tis still his grief to find himself undone. 1975 Lima (Ohio) News 17 Dec. e7/4 Great lover: Warren Beatty, who still slipped out of the marriage noose. 2006 L. Farber Anat. Trade in Medieval Writing iii. 114 In the image of fastening that will admit no loosening throughout life we can almost see the marriage knot metamorphosing into marriage noose. < as lemmas |
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