单词	betroth
释义	betrothedbe‧trothed1 /bɪˈtrəʊðd $ -ˈtroʊðd/ adjective old-fashioned Word Origin WORD ORIGINbetrothed Origin: 1300-1400 troth ‘truth, promise’ (13-19 centuries); ➔ TROTH Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He had already said as much to Mistress Philippa when he had met her and her rather effeminate betrothed. He needs to get betrothed fast and naturally he wants his little heifer to be rich. Of course, we had been to London to visit Benjamin's former betrothed, Johanna, a sweet girl whom he adored. Was your heart really broke, then, when your betrothed was killed at Waterloo? Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be betrothed to somebody But she was being absurd, she scarcely knew this man and what was it to her who he was betrothed to? His youngest son John was to be betrothed to the Count's daughter and heiress presumptive. be betrothed to somebody to have promised to marry someone—betroth verb [transitive]
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