betroth

🇬🇧 UK/bi'trәuð/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To formally promise that someone will marry another person; to become engaged.

订婚,许配

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
betrothother
=betroth

Common Collocations

  • 1.betrothed to与……订婚

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    In the old story, the prince was betrothed to a princess.

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