marry
verb uk/ˈmær.i/ us/ˈmer.i/ /ˈmær.i/
(TWO PEOPLE)
B1 [ I or T ]娶;嫁;（和…）结婚
to become the legally accepted husband or wife of someone in an official or religious ceremony
Men tend to marry later than women. 男性成婚往往晚于女性。
Paul married Lucy four years ago. 保罗4年前和露西结婚了。
They don't have any plans to marry at present. 他们目前没打算结婚。
[ T ]（牧师或官员）为…证婚，为…主持婚礼
to perform the ceremony of marriage as a priest or official
The royal couple were married by the Archbishop of Canterbury . 这对皇室新人的婚礼是由坎特伯雷大主教主持的。
- More examples
- He's been single for so long now, I don't think he'll ever marry.
- He told me that he's going to ask Ruth to marry him.
- Greg and Jody met at college and married soon after they graduated.
- He finally plucked up courage to ask her to marry him.
- In many cultures, it is considered important for a woman to keep herself pure until she marries.
(COMBINE)
（两种品质或特征）融合
to combine two different qualities
a design which marries fun with function 融娱乐性、功能性为一体的设计
Idioms
marry beneath youidiom 和社会地位比自己低的人结婚
to marry someone people think is not good enough for you because he or she is from a lower social class
marry in haste, repent at leisureidiom saying 草率结婚后悔多。
This means that if you marry someone without knowing him or her very well, you will later feel sorry that you got married.
not be the marrying kindidiom humorous 不是想结婚的那种人（有时用以指同性恋男子）
If a man is not the marrying kind, he does not want to be married. People sometimes use this phrase to mean that the man is gay.
Phrasal verbs
marry someone off 把（某人）嫁出去;为（某人）找对象
to make certain that someone, especially a female member of your family, gets married, or that she marries the person you have chosen
She was married off to the local doctor by the age of 16. 她16岁时被嫁给了这个本地医生。
marry up (something) （使）匹配；（使）结合
If two things marry up or if you marry them up, they match or join together.
We need to marry up the names on your list with those on my list and see what the overlap is. 我们需要将各自名单上的名字对照一下，看看重复的有多少。