betrothed

英 [bɪˈtrəʊðd]

美 [bɪˈtroʊðd]

adj.  订了婚的; 已订婚的人; 未婚妻(或夫)
v.  订婚，许配
betroth的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：betrothed　过去式：betrothed　

BNC.36709 / COCA.32339

牛津词典

adj.

• 订了婚的
  having promised to marry sb
• 已订婚的人；未婚妻（或夫）
  the person that sb has promised to marry

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 订了婚的；定了亲的
  If you arebetrothed tosomeone, you have agreed to marry them.
  1. She was betrothed to his brother.
     她和他哥哥订了婚。
  2. Yourbetrothedis the person you are betrothed to.
     订婚对象；未婚夫；未婚妻
  3. She is here without her betrothed.
     她丢下未婚夫一个人来了。

英英释义

noun

• the person to whom you are engaged

adj

• pledged to be married
  1. the engaged couple
  Synonym:bespoken

双语例句

• She was betrothed to her husband when she was only ten.
  她才满十岁就许配人了。
• Her father betrothed her very early to a boy.
  她父亲在她年幼时就把她许配给一个男孩。
• She is betrothed to a son of the Li family.
  她已跟李家的儿子定亲。
• Paul also tells us that he has betrothed the believers to one husband, Christ.
  保罗又告诉我们，他将信徒许配给一个丈夫-基督。
• He was prescribing poetry to his betrothed.
  他在给他的未婚妻制定一种诗意。
• She was betrothed to the duke.
  她已许配给公爵了。
• Then he said, I am your betrothed bridegroom, whom you saw as Bearskin.
  这时他说：「我就是你的未婚夫，以前你看到的那个熊皮人。
• He introduced us to his betrothed.
  他介绍我们同他的未婚妻见面。
• In the meantime, Chao's parents betrothed him to a girl of fourteen, whom he dutifully married.
  这时，父母给他找了一个十四岁的媳妇，他便尽义务似地结了婚。
• She was [ became] betrothed to Mr. Jones.
  她已和琼斯先生订婚。