wedlock

名词 wedlock:

1. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
   同义词：marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship

1. As the married couple can't have children, they have adopted a child born out of wedlock.
   由于这对已婚夫妇无法生育，他们领养了一个私生子。
2. Age and wedlock we all desire and repent of.
   成年与婚姻，均为我辈所欲，亦为我辈所悔。
3. My wife likes our wedlock.
   我妻子喜欢我们的婚姻生活。

wed.lock

n.（名词）
The state of being married; matrimony.
已婚状态；婚姻

<习惯用语>out of wedlock
Of parents not legally married to each other:
私生的：父母不是合法地结合在一起的：
例句：
born out of wedlock.
私生的

来源：
Middle English wedlocke
中古英语 wedlocke
from Old English wedl3c
源自 古英语 wedl3c
wedd [pledge]
wedd [承诺]
-l3c [n. suff. expressing activity]
-l3c [名词词缀，表示某种活动]