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婚姻,密切结合,结婚,婚礼,合并
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Marriage \Mar"riage\, n.
In b['e]zique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the
combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the
trump suit, it is called a {royal marriage}.
Marriage \Mar"riage\, n. [OE. mariage, F. mariage. See {Marry},
v. t.]
1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal
union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife;
wedlock; matrimony.
Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii.
4.
2. The marriage vow or contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king
which made a marriage for his son. --Matt. xxii.
2.
4. Any intimate or close union.
{Marriage brokage}.
(a) The business of bringing about marriages.
(b) The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a
marriage.
{Marriage favors}, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of
white flowers, worn at weddings.
{Marriage settlement} (Law), a settlement of property in
view, and in consideration, of marriage.
Syn: Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials.
Usage: {Marriage}, {Matrimony}, {Wedlock}. Marriage is
properly the act which unites the two parties, and
matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage
is, however, often used for the state as well as the
act. Wedlock is the old Anglo-Saxon term for
matrimony.
资料来源 : WordNet®
marriage
n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for
life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage";
"God bless this union" [syn: {matrimony}, {union}, {spousal
relationship}, {wedlock}]
2: two people who are married to each other; "his second
marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple
without love" [syn: {married couple}, {man and wife}]
3: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage
was conducted in the chapel" [syn: {wedding}, {marriage
ceremony}]
4: a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and
dance"; "a marriage of ideas"