shotgun marriage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding. countable
    — It is essential for us to win back the rights of teenagers to prevent the state from using […] the denial of reproductive control to channel young women into shotgun marriages, into unwanted familial responsibilities and into dead end streets.
  2. A shotgun wedding itself. countable
  3. Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively. uncountable
  4. Used figuratively. countable,uncountable

词形变化

shotgun marriages plural

词源

From shotgun + marriage; compare shotgun wedding.
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