marriage licence (BrE) (NAmE marriage license)
noun 1 a document that allows two people to
get married 2 (US) = marriage certificate
marriage lines noun [pi.] (especially BrE, informal) an official document
which shows that two people are married; a marriage certificate ( 4$ )
marriage of con venience noun a marriage that is
made for practical, financial or political reasons and not because the two
people love each other ( ft}
married On /'maerid/ adj.
1 having a husband or wife B M (ft a
married man/woman I O Is
he married?
o a happily married couple 0
She’s married to John. jtkMtn-7^ H 0 0 Rachel and
David are getting
married on Saturday. fEMLffl 0
How
long have you been married? #
7 ? Eiara UNMARRIED 2 [only
before noun] connected
with marriage $i ; SHW:
Are
you enjoying married life? jfc H f7 m Wi fS ^ ? o
Her
married name (- the family name of
her husband) is Jones. 3 ~ to sth very involved in
sth so that you have no
time for other activities or interests ( 7 31^ ) ; ) : My
brother is married to his
job. 7'tl'#:iEf7±0
marrow /'maerau; NAmE -rou/ noun 1 [u] = bone marrow 2 (BrE) [U, C] a large vegetable
that grows on the ground. Marrows are long and thick with dark green skin and
white flesh. Mil/3' —picture c> page R19
marrow-bone /'maeraubaun; NAmE 'maerooboun/ noun a bone which still
contains the marrow (= the substance
inside) and is used in making food ( ^ 13: M )
m
marrow-fat pea /.maeraufaet 'pi:; NAmE -rouf-/ noun [BrE) a type of large pea that is usually sold in tins Af£
marry On /'maeri/ verb (mar-ries, marry-ing, married, married)
1
to become the husband or
wife of sb; to get married to sb ( ffl A ) M ; W-3r: [VN] She married a German. A0
o
[V] He never
married. 0 I guess I’m not
the marrying
kind (= the kind of person
who wants to get married), ffc A„
o
[V-ADJ] They married
young, life IH fg ¥ fe 8t Wt %n 7 $1 •; l!iiI3 It is more common to say
They’re
getting married next month. than They’re marrying
next
month. * They’re getting
married next month, tt They’re marrying next month. ]
#
Jil o 2 [VN] to perform a ceremony in which a man
and woman become husband
and wife •••±##171; WttlWIL: They were married by
the local priest. A^feft !HF A life IH ± 7 8ML. 3 [VN]
~ sb (to sb) to find a
husband or wife for sb,
especially your daughter or son
-Min', ^•■•54[VN]
~ sth
and/to/with sth (formal) to combine two different things, ideas,
etc. successfully
unite : The music business marries art and commerce.
#
7 If SM 2 A ffl ^ 0
IT»TCil marry in
'haste (, repent at 'leisure)
(saying) people who marry quickly, without really getting to
know each other, may discover later that they have made a mistake (iff
If %% marry 'money to marry a rich person
fPHAM Ilf
uiiiMI .marry 'into sth to become part of a
family or group because you have married sb who belongs to it she married into
the aristocracy. .marry sb~
'off (to sb) (disapproving) to find a husband or wife for sb, especially your
daughter or son JE • • • $£ ; A • • • 31#
marry sth«-'up (with sth)
to
combine two things, people or parts of sth successfully ( Al&
BEK
Mars /ma:z; NAmE ma:rz/ noun the planet in the solar system that is fourth in order of distance from
the sun, between the Earth and
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Mar-sala
/ma:'sa:la; NAmE max's-/ noun [U] a dark strong sweet
wine from
marsh /maif;
NAmE mairJV noun [C, U] an area of low
land that is always soft and wet because there is nowhere for the water to flow
away to ISHfe; ^
A/n#:
Cows
were grazing on the marshes. f ^A'Mitfe ► marshy adj. marshy groundAand fg#Hfe mar shal /'ma:Jl; NAmE 'mairfl/ noun, verb m noun 1 (usually in compounds 11 ^ J& % 'a is]) an officer of the
highest rank in the British army or air force ( ^ g )• ^ 1$ , g? A; # : Field Marshal
Lord Haig Marshal
of the Royal Air
Force —
see also air chief marshal, air
MARSHAL, AIR VICE-MARSHAL, FIELD MARSHAL 2 a
person responsible for making
sure that public events, especially sports events, take place without any
problems, and for controlling crowds ^ f L HT
ECTfll steward 3 (in the
federal marshal 4 (in some
an officer of high rank in
a police or fire department
(m
) $gpftr
* verb (-
muster: They have begun marshalling
forces to send relief to the hurricane victims. 1M1 B££ JF£q
0 to marshal your
arguments/thoughts/facts
M 317 i£ A / & /1£
2
to control or organize a
large group of people ©$!]A MiH; Police were
brought in to marshal
the crowd. Uplift
‘marshalling yard noun (BrE) a place where
railway wagons are connected,
prepared, etc. to form trains
(ttw) mm
.Marshal
of the .Royal Air Force noun the highest rank of officer in the British
air force ( ^fi )
'marsh gas noun [U] a gas that is produced in a marsh when
plants decay H
marsh-land /'maijlaend;
NAmE 'mairJV noun [U, C] an area of soft
wet land ?3#Hfe
marshmallow
/.maifmaelau;
NAmE 'mairfmelou/ noun [C, U] a pink or white
sweet/candy that feels soft and elastic when you chew it marsu pial /mai'suipiel; NAmE max's-/ noun any Australian animal
that carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch) on the mother’s stomach. Kangaroos and koalas are marsupials. W ^ $J ( ) — picture o page
R28 ► mar su pial adj.
mart /ma:t;
NAmE ma:rt/ noun (especially NAmE) a place where things are
bought and sold J§ 1^ #r; M E: a used car mart |0^r
mar-ten /'martin;
NAmE 'marrtn/ noun a small wild animal with
a long body, short legs and sharp teeth. Martens live in forests and eat
smaller animals, fg: a pine marten j&fg
mar
tial /'ma:Jl;
NAmE ‘marrfl/ adj. (formal) [only before noun] connected with fighting
or war .martial
'art noun [usually pi.] any of the fighting
sports that include judo and karate A .martial 'law noun [U] a situation where the army of a
country controls an area instead of the police during a time of trouble % ^ Hf rfcij; f*: to declare/impose/ lift
martial law S ^ fr / ^ ^ W ^'J o The city
remains firmly under
martial law.
Martian
/'marjn;
NAmE'marrjn/ adj., noun m adj. (astronomy A) related to or coming
from the planet
MarsASlft;
ASAMlft
a noun an imaginary creature from the planet Mars
( -fg
mm ) AM A, AM»