Old English wedlac "pledge-giving, marriage vow," from wed + -lac, noun suffix meaning "actions or proceedings, practice," attested in about a dozen Old English compounds (feohtlac "warfare"), but this is the only surviving example. Suffix altered by folk etymology through association with lock (n.1). Meaning "condition of being married" is recorded from early 13c.
雙語例句
1. The Fawleys were not made for wedlock.
范立家的人就跟結婚沒有緣.
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2. The court filiated the child born out of wedlock.
法院收養了這個非婚生孩子.
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3. So, that pedologist tells Russia , agricultural herd should be united in wedlock.
所以, 蘇聯那個土壤學家講, 農林牧要結合.
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4. The same is true of restrictions on out of wedlock childbirth.
同樣的,對非婚生子女的分娩限制也是如此.
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5. They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock.