betroth
betroth 英 [bɪ'trɔ:θ] 美 [bɪˈtroð, -ˈtrɔθ]
vt. 同…订婚；许配
进行时:betrothing 过去式:betrothed 过去分词:betrothed 第三人称单数:betroths 名词复数:betroths
- The verb betroth means to give to in marriage. In the really olden days, your parents might betroth you to someone you barely knew and you'd be expected to marry this virtual stranger.
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- vt. 同…订婚；许配
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1. betroth one's daughter to sb.
把女儿许配给某人。
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2. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
也以诚实聘你归我，你就必认识我耶和华。
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3. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
我必聘你永远归我为妻，以仁义，公平，慈爱，怜悯聘你归我。
- betroth (v.) c. 1300, betrouthen, "to promise to marry (a woman)," from be-, here probably with a sense of "thoroughly," + Middle English treowðe "truth," from Old English treowðe "truth, a pledge" (see truth). From 1560s as "contract to give (a woman) in marriage to another, affiance." Related: Betrothed; betrothing.
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