Online Google Dictionary

betrothal 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. a mutual promise to marry
  2. the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
  3. (betrothed) bespoken: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
  4. (betrothed) the person to whom you are engaged
  5. Betrothal (also called espousal) is a formal state of engagement to be married.
  6. (The Betrothed (1825l)) The Betrothed is an 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is the first of two Tales of the Crusaders, the second being The Talisman.
  7. (The Betrothed (Kipling poem)) The Betrothed is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, first published in book form in Departmental Ditties (1886). It is a tongue-in-cheek work by the young bachelor Kipling, who affected a very worldly-wise stance. ...
  8. (The Betrothed (novel)) The Betrothed (orig. I Promessi Sposi) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes. It has been called the most famous and widely read novel of the Italian language.Archibald Colquhoun. Manzoni and his Times. J. M. ...
  9. (betrothed) Fiancé or fiancée
  10. (BETROTHED) To dream that you have become engaged tells you to expect problems with family or a loved one. For relatives to become engaged denotes to the dreamer that there will be quarrels within the family. Friends being betrothed shows you will realise your ambitions.
  11. (Betrothed) or A Marriageable Girl (1903)
  12. Mutual pledge to marry; engagement. In Sanskrit, vagdana or nishchitartha. See: samskaras of adulthood.
  13. The first part of the two-part process of Jewish marriage, which creates the legal relationship without the mutual obligations. In Hebrew, it is called "kiddushin."