wedlock

英 ['wedlɒk] 美 ['wedlɑːk]

• n. 婚姻；已婚状态

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 婚姻（生活）
2. 已婚状态
3. 结婚状态

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);

   "a long and happy marriage"
   "God bless this union"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My wife likes our wedlock.
   我妻子喜欢我们的婚姻生活。
2. She thinks having children out of wedlock is not wrong, but unwise.
   她认为不结婚生孩子不算错，但算不上明智。
3. They laughed at her because she was born out of wedlock.
   他们嘲笑她,因为她是私生子。

经典引文

• 'Tis sacriledge to violate a wedlock.

  出自： J. Fletcher

• Wedlock is..accepted as socially tidier.

  出自：Guardian

词汇搭配

• out of wedlock 婚外地
• break wedlock 犯通奸罪
• born out of wedlock 非婚生；私生...

近反义词

【近义词】

• marriage 结婚
• matrimony 结婚
• wedding 婚礼
• union 结合
• bed 床