英语词汇“marry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

marrymarry /ˈmæri/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (marries, married, marrying)

ETYMOLOGYmarry

Origin: 1200-1300 French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus husband

VERB TABLE

marry

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	marry
	he, she, it	marries
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	married
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have married
	he, she, it	has married
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had married
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will marry
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have married

Continuous Form
Present	I	am marrying
	he, she, it	is marrying
	you, we, they	are marrying
Past	I, he, she, it	was marrying
	you, we, they	were marrying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been marrying
	he, she, it	has been marrying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been marrying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be marrying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been marrying

COLLOCATIONS► married young

Tina married young (=she was young when she got married).

► marry money

She always said she’d marry money (=marry someone who is rich).

► not the marrying kind

My brother says he’s not the marrying kind (=not the type of person who wants to marry).

1[intransitive, transitive] to become someone’s husband or wife: He converted to Catholicism so he could marry her. She married three times. I’m going to ask her to marry me. Tina married young (=she was young when she got married). She always said she’d marry money (=marry someone who is rich). My brother says he’s not the marrying kind (=not the type of person who wants to marry). → see also married2[intransitive] if two people marry, they become husband and wife to each other: My father said we were too young to marry.3[transitive] to perform the ceremony at which two people get married: Rabbi Feingold will marry us.4[transitive] to make your son or daughter marry a particular person: marry somebody to somebody Her family wanted to marry her to a doctor.5[transitive] formal to combine two different ideas, styles, tastes, etc. together: marry something with/and something The design marries traditional styles with modern materials.marry into something phrasal verb to join a family or social group by marrying someone who belongs to it: He married into a wealthy family. [Origin: 1200–1300 French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus husband]marry somebody ↔ off phrasal verb if parents marry off their son or daughter, they find a husband or wife for them: marry somebody off to somebody Calla was married off to a prosperous local farmer.WORD CHOICE: get married (to), marry• Get married and marry mean the same thing, but get married is more informal and more common in spoken English: Ann is getting married to Chris next week. Ann and Chris are getting married next week.• Marry sounds more formal: Ann is marrying Chris next week. Ann and Chris are marrying next week.