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wedlock n.婚姻；已婚状态 (1) 她认为不结婚生孩子不算错，但算不上明智。(2) 他们嘲笑她,因为她是私生子。 Wedlock is an old-fashioned word for matrimony, the state of being married. It comes up most often in the phrase "out of wedlock," when gossipers are describing a baby born to unmarried parents. Even though wedlock sounds like it would have a root meaning of "locked into marriage," it actually comes from the Old English wedlac, from wed, "pledge," and lac, which denotes action.

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英 ['wedlɒk] 美 ['wedlɑːk] (1) She thinks having children out of wedlock is not wrong, but unwise.(2) They laughed at her because she was born out of wedlock. The noun wedlock means marriage; you might describe your newly-married sister as "entering the magical state of wedlock." 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]已婚（状态） Wedlock is the state of being married.   [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]2[PHRASE 短语]（指孩子）婚生的/非婚生的 If a baby is born in wedlock, it is born while its parents are married. If it is born out of wedlock, it is born at a time when its parents are not married.   [PHR after v]  [FORMAL 正式]

英语单词	wedlock
英美音标	英 ['wedlɒk] 美 ['wedlɑːk]
中文释义	n.婚姻；已婚状态
英语例句	(1) She thinks having children out of wedlock is not wrong, but unwise. (2) They laughed at her because she was born out of wedlock.
中文例句	(1) 她认为不结婚生孩子不算错，但算不上明智。 (2) 他们嘲笑她,因为她是私生子。
vocabulary简明	The noun wedlock means marriage; you might describe your newly-married sister as "entering the magical state of wedlock."
vocabulary扩展	Wedlock is an old-fashioned word for matrimony, the state of being married. It comes up most often in the phrase "out of wedlock," when gossipers are describing a baby born to unmarried parents. Even though wedlock sounds like it would have a root meaning of "locked into marriage," it actually comes from the Old English wedlac, from wed, "pledge," and lac, which denotes action.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]已婚（状态） Wedlock is the state of being married. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] 2 [PHRASE 短语]（指孩子）婚生的/非婚生的 If a baby is born in wedlock, it is born while its parents are married. If it is born out of wedlock, it is born at a time when its parents are not married. [PHR after v] [FORMAL 正式]

Wedlock Born Married State Baby Parents 英 Wedlɒk] 美