单词	marriageable
释义	marriageablemar‧riage‧a‧ble /ˈmærɪdʒəbəl/ adjective old-fashioned Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All too often she merely gives up her remaining marriageable years to them. But there were few marriageable girls left. How many marriageable girls does a man meet? Humble clerks who have gone a bust on clothes for marriageable daughters are outraged but too timid to protest. Originally they remained priestesses for only five years: that is, until they reached marriageable age. There was as a result a shortage of marriageable young men among the lower Patels. Young women of conspicuously marriageable age never sat there. Zuwaya men, for instance were extremely careful not to touch the marriageable daughters of their kin, friends and neighbours. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► age · Young women of conspicuously marriageable age never sat there.· Originally they remained priestesses for only five years: that is, until they reached marriageable age.· Herodotus described auctions held in ancient Babylon to sell young maidens of marriageable age.· This correction is usually negligible for the most marriageable age groups. Word family WORD FAMILYnounmarriageremarriageadjectivemarried ≠ unmarriedmarriageableverbmarryremarry suitable for marriage:  a girl of marriageable age
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