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Definition of betroth in English: betrothverb bɪˈtrəʊθbɪˈtrəʊðbəˈtrōT͟H [with object]dated Formally engage (someone) to be married. 〈旧〉与…订婚 in no time I shall be betrothed to Isabel 很快我就要和伊莎贝尔正式订婚了。 Example sentencesExamples - Jame, until now seemingly betrothed to his work, is unexpectedly hurt and later heartbroken at losing Vin.
- The Earl is no doubt offended for by law, I am betrothed to his daughter.
- I think I was betrothed to Cotton Eye Joe, a frail man who smelled of cheese, who would unexpectedly leap up out of his stool now and again as if someone had set fire to it.
- She learned that he was an only child, he had never been married or betrothed, and writing was his passion.
- Or ‘Thumbelisa’ (better known as ‘Thumbelina’), in which a tiny girl is betrothed to a velvety mole.
- In a party scene, she toasts a young woman, newly betrothed to a naval officer.
- Hunt had always come across as such an earnest fellow, betrothed to his majesty's fleet.
- Do you realize that you are the only Prydian heir not to be married or betrothed by his twentieth year?
- In the story about love, devotion and betrayal that spans lifetimes, Aida becomes the handmaiden to Princess Amneris, who is betrothed to Radames.
- She remembered it as the place, on that fateful day, that she got betrothed to Gracchi.
- I was betrothed to their eldest daughter named Emma.
- Unlike all of the other young women, Anne had never been courted nor betrothed to anyone.
- And I'm betrothed to a man I hardly know and I'll have to go away and live with him in a land full of strangers.
- Part of Cate wanted anyone but Genevieve to become betrothed to the Prince - she would hate to see anyone stuck with a vain, selfish person for the rest of their life.
- You still don't understand who it is I am betrothed to.
- I was betrothed to Deshan and sent to Pegasus shortly after my ascent to womanhood.
- He was betrothed to Claire and he was carrying on with some… some hussy of a woman.
- At the age of two he was betrothed to the three-year-old Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
- Ranma and Akane are still betrothed but not married, they're both still about high school graduation age, and many of the adventures and romantic entanglements are the same.
- Before my tutor Catherine had came along I had wanted nothing more than to be betrothed and married.
- Jak did not notice, or at least he did not say anything, ‘The princess is betrothed to some prince from some country, they're scheduled to be married a year from today, on her sixteenth birthday,’ he paused.
- Consequently, he sentences her to a gruesome death - despite the fact that she is betrothed to Creon's son, her cousin.
- They seemed like a normal, homey pair until it was revealed that the 21-year-old actress was actually betrothed to this man 17 years her elder!
- I know you're the Imperial Princess, betrothed to a Prince you've never met.
- In fact, if I hadn't been in love and practically betrothed to Joshua, I could have considered marrying the prince, as scary as that sounds.
- The circumstances of his early life are obscure, but we know that in 1277 he was formally betrothed to his future wife, Gemma Donati, and that in 1289 he took part in military operations against Arezzo and Pisa.
- He fell in love with a beautiful Bulgarian woman betrothed to a Turk.
- In December 1813 she was betrothed to William, prince of Orange, but broke off the engagement, not wishing to move to Holland.
- We are ‘just good friends’ for she is betrothed to another.
- So you were betrothed to me since you were born.
- Eventually she is betrothed to Polixenes' son.
- She says she will automatically become betrothed to the bachelor whose combat skills prove to be superior to hers.
- But you'll have to wait till I'm betrothed to start roaming around on our trip around Angkora!
- Initially betrothed to Henry VIII's son Edward, the Scots' rejection of the match led to war with England and Mary's removal in 1548 to France and an eventual marriage to the Dauphin Francis.
- Angel gave a nervous laugh, ‘I'm almost betrothed to Rilith and I'm sure it was just a one time thing.’
- Even his name sounds immaculate and fashionable, as if the love of artful sound had been sewn into his soul in the womb, betrothed to him like a keepsake.
- In 28 she was betrothed to Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, to whom she bore one son, the later emperor Nero, in 37.
- In 1428 James I's daughter was betrothed to the dauphin, and Scots in the French army helped enable the success of Jeanne, and the subsequent expulsion of the English, completed in 1453.
- Middle-aged Miss Witherfield, betrothed to this man, was well acquainted with his jealous temperament.
- It seems hopeless, until Marc meets Lily, the oppressed, bitter girl, betrothed to Marc's prep school enemy.
Synonyms engaged, engaged to be married, promised, pledged, contracted, bound
OriginMiddle English betreuthe: from be- (expressing transitivity) + truth. The change in the second syllable was due to association with troth. plight from Old English: In the traditional marriage ceremony the bride and groom each say ‘I plight thee my troth’, meaning ‘I pledge my word’. Plight means ‘to promise solemnly’, and pledge (Middle English) is probably a distant relative. Troth is an old variant of truth, meaning ‘giving your word’ and still preserved in betroth (Middle English). The other meaning of plight, ‘a predicament’, is from Old French plit ‘fold’, suggesting the idea of a difficult or complicated situation. Other words from plit include Middle English pliant (Late Middle English) literally ‘foldable’; and pliable (Late Middle English); pliers (mid 16th century) tools for bending things; and ply (Late Middle English) in the sense of ‘thickness’ as in plywood (early 20th century). (The other ply as in ply with drink, is simply a shortening of apply, see appliance). Pleat and plait (Middle English) are further relatives. Compliant (mid 17th century) looks as if it should be a relative, but its immediate source, to comply (early 17th century), originally came from Latin complere ‘to fulfil, accomplish’, although compliant later developed senses influenced by its similarity to pliant.
Definition of betroth in US English: betrothverbbəˈtrōT͟H [with object]usually be betrotheddated Enter into a formal agreement to marry. soon I shall be betrothed to Isabel 很快我就要和伊莎贝尔正式订婚了。 Example sentencesExamples - Before my tutor Catherine had came along I had wanted nothing more than to be betrothed and married.
- I think I was betrothed to Cotton Eye Joe, a frail man who smelled of cheese, who would unexpectedly leap up out of his stool now and again as if someone had set fire to it.
- We are ‘just good friends’ for she is betrothed to another.
- So you were betrothed to me since you were born.
- They seemed like a normal, homey pair until it was revealed that the 21-year-old actress was actually betrothed to this man 17 years her elder!
- I was betrothed to their eldest daughter named Emma.
- Or ‘Thumbelisa’ (better known as ‘Thumbelina’), in which a tiny girl is betrothed to a velvety mole.
- In 28 she was betrothed to Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, to whom she bore one son, the later emperor Nero, in 37.
- Hunt had always come across as such an earnest fellow, betrothed to his majesty's fleet.
- Middle-aged Miss Witherfield, betrothed to this man, was well acquainted with his jealous temperament.
- Jame, until now seemingly betrothed to his work, is unexpectedly hurt and later heartbroken at losing Vin.
- You still don't understand who it is I am betrothed to.
- Part of Cate wanted anyone but Genevieve to become betrothed to the Prince - she would hate to see anyone stuck with a vain, selfish person for the rest of their life.
- I was betrothed to Deshan and sent to Pegasus shortly after my ascent to womanhood.
- And I'm betrothed to a man I hardly know and I'll have to go away and live with him in a land full of strangers.
- At the age of two he was betrothed to the three-year-old Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
- But you'll have to wait till I'm betrothed to start roaming around on our trip around Angkora!
- Angel gave a nervous laugh, ‘I'm almost betrothed to Rilith and I'm sure it was just a one time thing.’
- Even his name sounds immaculate and fashionable, as if the love of artful sound had been sewn into his soul in the womb, betrothed to him like a keepsake.
- In fact, if I hadn't been in love and practically betrothed to Joshua, I could have considered marrying the prince, as scary as that sounds.
- She learned that he was an only child, he had never been married or betrothed, and writing was his passion.
- In the story about love, devotion and betrayal that spans lifetimes, Aida becomes the handmaiden to Princess Amneris, who is betrothed to Radames.
- Initially betrothed to Henry VIII's son Edward, the Scots' rejection of the match led to war with England and Mary's removal in 1548 to France and an eventual marriage to the Dauphin Francis.
- She remembered it as the place, on that fateful day, that she got betrothed to Gracchi.
- She says she will automatically become betrothed to the bachelor whose combat skills prove to be superior to hers.
- Eventually she is betrothed to Polixenes' son.
- Jak did not notice, or at least he did not say anything, ‘The princess is betrothed to some prince from some country, they're scheduled to be married a year from today, on her sixteenth birthday,’ he paused.
- It seems hopeless, until Marc meets Lily, the oppressed, bitter girl, betrothed to Marc's prep school enemy.
- I know you're the Imperial Princess, betrothed to a Prince you've never met.
- In December 1813 she was betrothed to William, prince of Orange, but broke off the engagement, not wishing to move to Holland.
- Ranma and Akane are still betrothed but not married, they're both still about high school graduation age, and many of the adventures and romantic entanglements are the same.
- He fell in love with a beautiful Bulgarian woman betrothed to a Turk.
- The Earl is no doubt offended for by law, I am betrothed to his daughter.
- In a party scene, she toasts a young woman, newly betrothed to a naval officer.
- Do you realize that you are the only Prydian heir not to be married or betrothed by his twentieth year?
- The circumstances of his early life are obscure, but we know that in 1277 he was formally betrothed to his future wife, Gemma Donati, and that in 1289 he took part in military operations against Arezzo and Pisa.
- Consequently, he sentences her to a gruesome death - despite the fact that she is betrothed to Creon's son, her cousin.
- He was betrothed to Claire and he was carrying on with some… some hussy of a woman.
- Unlike all of the other young women, Anne had never been courted nor betrothed to anyone.
- In 1428 James I's daughter was betrothed to the dauphin, and Scots in the French army helped enable the success of Jeanne, and the subsequent expulsion of the English, completed in 1453.
Synonyms engaged, engaged to be married, promised, pledged, contracted, bound
OriginMiddle English betreuthe: from be- (expressing transitivity) + truth. The change in the second syllable was due to association with troth. |