shotgun marriage

短语

n. （主美）强迫婚姻; 特指男方被迫与某一被自己损害了名声的女人结婚。; （主中国）拉郎配; 强拉男子与女子结婚奉子成婚

发音

US

词形变化

shotgun marriages 复数 shotgun marriages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding.

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    Others explained that a forced marriage was likely to end in an early divorce, so that the child would suffer more in a shotgun marriage than if born out of wedlock.

  2. 2.

    A shotgun wedding itself.

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  3. 3.

    Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.

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  4. 4.

    Used figuratively.

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词源

From shotgun + marriage; compare shotgun wedding.

来源：wiktionary