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单词 marry
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mar•ry1 /ˈmæri/USA pronunciation   v., -ried, -ry•ing. 
  1. to take (someone) as a husband or wife:[+ object]He married her when he was eighteen.
  2. to take a husband or wife;
    wed:[no object]In some countries girls can marry when they are fourteen.
  3. to perform the marriage ceremony for (a couple):[+ object]The priest married them in the old church.
  4. to arrange the marriage of: [+ object]He wanted to marry his daughter into a rich family.[+ off + object]They married off all their children.[+ object + off]married them off quickly.
  5. to gain through marriage: [+ object]to marry money.[no object]to marry into money.
  6. to join or unite closely: [+ object]marrying the two disciplines of study.[no object]This wine and cheese marry well.
    marry is a verb, marriage is a noun, married is an adjective:She wants to marry you. They had a difficult marriage. A married man can't have another wife in this culture.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mar•ry1  (marē),USA pronunciation v., -ried, -ry•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to take as a husband or wife;
    take in marriage:Susan married Ed.
  2. to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people who wish to be husband and wife);
    join in wedlock:The minister married Susan and Ed.
  3. to give in marriage;
    arrange the marriage of (often fol. by off):Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
  4. to unite intimately:Common economic interests marry the two countries.
  5. to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
  6. to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable:The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
  7. [Naut.]
    • to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
    • to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
    • to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
  8. Foodto cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients:to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.

v.i. 
  1. to take a husband or wife;
    wed.
  2. Wine, Food(of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably;
    blend:This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry.
  • Latin marītāre to wed, derivative of marītus conjugal, akin to mās male (person)
  • Old French marier
  • Middle English marien 1250–1300
marri•er, n. 

mar•ry2  (marē),USA pronunciation interj. [Archaic.]
  1. (used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)
  • 1325–75; Middle English; euphemistic variant of Mary (the Virgin)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
marry /ˈmærɪ/ vb ( -ries, -rying, -ried)
  1. to take (someone as one's partner) in marriage
  2. (transitive) to join or give in marriage
  3. to unite closely or intimately
  4. (transitive) sometimes followed by up: to fit together or align (two things); join
  5. (transitive) to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicing
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus married (man), perhaps from mās male
marry /ˈmærɪ/ interj
  1. archaic an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: euphemistic for the Virgin Mary
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