unwed

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.
    — Should unweds living together receive the same social benefits as married couples?
动词 v.
  1. To annul the marriage of. transitive
    — At last it was determined to unwed the unhappy pair, during the arrangements for which the husband was arrested and put into jail for six months for rioting.
  2. To separate. figuratively,transitive
    — A singer must be a fool indeed if you do not hear through Sullivan's notes the exact language of any song. Take, for example, the well-known Sentry song in Iolanthe and attempt to unwed the wit of the air from the wit of the thought and words; […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Not married. not-comparable

词形变化

unweds plural unweds present,singular,third-person unwedding participle,present unwed participle,past unwed past unwedded participle,past unwedded past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English wed
English unwed
From un- (not) + wed.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
Proto-Germanic *anda-
Proto-West Germanic *anda-
Old English and-
Old English on-
Middle English on-
English un-
English wed
English unwed
From un- (to reverse) + wed.
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