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

• 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 is betrothed to a son of the Li family.
  她已跟李家的儿子定亲。
• She was [ became] betrothed to Mr. Jones.
  她已和琼斯先生订婚。
• He betrothed his daughter to Mr. Smith.
  他把他的女儿许配给史密斯先生。
• 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 her cousin at an early age.
  她年龄很小时就和表哥订了婚。
• Her father betrothed her to a banker.
  她父亲把她许配给一位银行家。
• She came to see me with her betrothed.
  她跟她的未来配偶来看我。
• She was betrothed to the duke.
  她已许配给公爵了。
• Well, he will hear of it, your brother, your betrothed!
  啊，他会知道，你哥哥，啊，未婚夫都会知道的！