wed

1、wed 的印欧祖根 *wadh- 管"抵押、承诺"：其他日耳曼语言停在赌注一线（德语 Wette 就是"赌"，同族 wager（赌注）），英语独独把它专用于婚姻——本字面是"下聘把女子娶为妻"。
2、CN 一线把它与 engagement（婚约）对认：都是"承诺订婚"体系的词。婚礼叫 wedding，已婚状态写 wedded；Wednesday（星期三）是一周的中轴，拼写双 d 记得住。
3、词形三变：wed-wed-wed 规则不规则两可（英常 wedded，美也见 weds/wed），报纸标题爱用 He wed She 的现在时。读 /wed/，一个短弹音。

wed 结婚

来自PIE*wedh,承诺，誓言，词源同engagement。引申义结婚，婚姻。

wed (v.)

Old English weddian "to pledge oneself, covenant to do something, vow; betroth, marry," also "unite (two other people) in a marriage, conduct the marriage ceremony," from Proto-Germanic *wadi- (cognates: Old Norse veðja, Danish vedde "to bet, wager," Old Frisian weddia "to promise," Gothic ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE root *wadh- (1) "to pledge, to redeem a pledge" (cognates: Latin vas, genitive vadis "bail, security," Lithuanian vaduoti "to redeem a pledge").

The sense has remained closer to "pledge" in other Germanic languages (such as German Wette "a bet, wager"); development to "marry" is unique to English. "Originally 'make a woman one's wife by giving a pledge or earnest money', then used of either party" [Buck]. Passively, of two people, "to be joined as husband and wife," from c. 1200. Related: Wedded; wedding.

1. Our big task for tomorrow .Wed.. is to get them exit visas.

明天（星期三）我们最重要的任务就是拿到他们的出境签证。

2. In 1952 she wed film director Roger Vadim.

1952年她嫁给了电影导演罗杰·瓦丹。

3. Its opening hours are Mon-Wed 10am-12.30am; Thurs-Fri 10am-1am.

开放时间：周一至周三，上午10：00至凌晨12：30；周四至周五，上午10：00至凌晨1：00。

4. His cousin was about to wed.

他表弟要结婚了。

5. They were wed at Amiens last August.

他们去年8月在亚眠结婚。