| 单词 | to lead to the altar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lead (a person, typically a woman) to the altar d. In allusive use. This structure, or the area around it, as the place at which the marriage service is conducted. Frequently in to lead (a person, typically a woman) to the altar: to marry the person specified. ΚΠ 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 159 To the Altar this faire Bride was led. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 191 I was Father at the Altar..and gave her away. 1766 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 106 Thus was she led..to the altar. 1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxxii. 250 The indissoluble tie Which hallow'd Altars sanctify. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lord of Burleigh in Poems (new ed.) II. 201 Leads her to the village altar. 1932 L. E. Lawes 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1942) vii. 253 He had married, not wisely, but often. Four trusting damsels he had led to the altar. 1961 J. Carew Last Barbarian 195 The trouble you'll have to go to before he walks you to the altar won't be worth it. 1997 Independent 16 Aug. i. 2/1 The multi-million pound lawsuit filed by Ms Fisher, who says she was ‘left at the altar’. 2009 Daily Tel. 13 May 24/1 Most modern lovebirds step to the altar from fully furnished homes, with all mod cons. < as lemmas |
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