banns是什么意思？

banns

英[bænz] 美[bænz]

• n. （教堂里的）结婚预告；

例句

• Jimmy had his banns called last Sunday. 上星期天,吉米已请求牧师预告了他的婚事.
• The banns of their marriage were put up outside the registry office. 他们的婚事在结婚登记处外宣布了.
• The minister has just published the banns of marriage at the church. 牧师刚刚在教堂宣布了结婚公告.

词组

• forbid the banns
  (archaic)raise an objection to an intended marriage, especially in church following the reading of the banns (古)对已定婚事提出异议

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PLURAL
  （在教堂发布的）结婚公告
  When a minister or priest reads or publishes the banns, he or she makes a public announcement in church that two people are going to be married.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a public announcement of a proposed marriage