English Dictionary

shotgun marriage

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable) A marriage beginning with (resulting from) a shotgun wedding. / (countable) A shotgun wedding itself. / (uncountable) Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.

日本語の意味

妊娠やその他の事情により、急な、または必然的に行われる結婚（いわゆる『銃付き結婚』） / 一つの具体的な銃付き結婚自体を指す / そのような急遽または強制的な結婚全体をまとめて指す概念

They entered into a shotgun marriage after the pregnancy was confirmed, hoping that time would smooth over the rushed decision.

妊娠が確認され、彼らは駆け込み結婚をして、その急な決断が時間とともに落ち着くことを願った。

意味（1）

(countable) A marriage beginning with (resulting from) a shotgun wedding.

Others explained that a forced marriage was likely to end in an early divorce, so that the child would suffer more in a shotgun marriage than if born out of wedlock.

意味（2）

(countable) A shotgun wedding itself.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.

意味（4）

(countable and uncountable) Used figuratively.

shotgun marriages （ plural ）