【marriage音标】 英[ˈmærɪdʒ] 美[ˈmærɪdʒ]
【单词释义】 marriage是什么意思：
n.结婚；婚姻生活；密切结合；合并
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] marriages
【关联词/派生词】
married adj.已婚的 v. marry的过去式
marry v. 结婚；娶；嫁
【marriage形近词/近似词】
verbiage n.[U]废话；冗词；赘语；措词
carriage n.运输，输送；四轮马车
foliage n.[U]（植物的）枝叶，叶子
miscarriage n.流产，早产；（信件等的）误投，误送；失策，失败
【单词例句】
◇ The apple-blossoms, though they looked like roses, bloomed today, but might fall off tomorrow, with the first wind that blew; and he thought that a marriage with one of them might last too short a time.
苹果树花看起来倒很像玫瑰，但是她们今天开了，明天就谢了——只要风一吹就落下来了。他觉得跟她们结婚是不会长久的。
---- The Butterfly
◇ Afterwards the prince became her constant companion, and at last her father gave his consent to their marriage.
之后，王子变成她的终身伴侣，最后国王同意了他们的婚事。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ And then the prince's marriage to Little Brier-Rose was celebrated with great splendor, and they lived happily until they died.
不久，王子和玫瑰公主举行了盛大的结婚典礼，他们幸福欢乐地生活在一起，一直白头到老。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说，当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始，一直延伸到心脏。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ This couple had been quarreling all their 40 over years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.
这对夫妇从40年前结婚之日起就一直吵个不停。他们似乎找不到共同点，一切在他们看来都格格不入。
---- Life Together