affiance

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Faith, trust.
    — […] in syr Launcelot & you I moost had my Ioye / & myn affyaunce / & now haue I lost my Ioye of you bothe […] […] "in Sir Launcelot and you I most had my joy, and mine affiance, and now have I lost my joy of you both" […]
  2. A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage. archaic
    — I that Ladie to my spouse had wonne; / Accord of friends, consent of parents sought, / Affiance made, my happinesse begonne […]
动词 v.
  1. To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. transitive
    — [S]he had expected the worst ever since Drusilla had deliberately tried to unsex herself by refusing to feel any natural grief at the death in battle not only of her affianced husband but of her own father [...]

词形变化

affiances present,singular,third-person affiancing participle,present affianced participle,past affianced past affiaunce alternative affiances plural affiaunce alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance.
词源 2
From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance.
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