单词 | wedlock |
释义 | Related topics: Familywed·lock /ˈwedlɒk $ -lɑːk/ noun [uncountable] old use 1. born out of wedlock old use SSCif a child is born out of wedlock, its parents are not married when it is born 非婚生的2. SSFMARRYthe state of being married 已婚状态Examples from the Corpuswedlock• A baby born out of wedlock was a great sin, then, and a huge embarrassment to the family.• A baby born out of wedlock was a horrible sin for which there was no forgiveness.• I had to advise him that the father of a child born out of wedlock had few, if any, rights.• Unlike the synonym, MAMzer, BENKert connotes love child, not one merely born out of wedlock.• Burns had fourteen known children, half of them born out of wedlock.• It's upsetting to find you were born out of wedlock.• Augustine kept a mistress and sired a son out of wedlock.Origin wedlock Old English wedlac, from wedd “something given to show that a promise will be kept” + -lac “actions, activity”wed·lock nounChineseSyllable a wedlock, of is if child Corpus born its out |
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