banns

名词 banns:

1. a public announcement of a proposed marriage

1. 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。
2. The engaged couple, Edward Evans and Gertrude Kennedy, put up the banns the other day.
   订了婚的一对，爱德华埃文斯和格特鲁德肯尼迪，不久前公布了他们的结婚预告。

banns 也作 bans

pl.n.（复数名词）
An announcement, especially in a church, of an intended marriage.
结婚公告，尤指由教堂公布的

来源：
Middle English banes [pl. of] ban [proclamation]
中古英语 banes [] ban的复数 [公告]
from Old English gebann
源自 古英语 gebann
and from Old French ban [of Germanic origin] * see bh3- 2
并源自 古法语 ban [源于日耳曼语的] *参见 bh3- 2