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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

postnuptial

/pohst-nuhp-shuhl, -chuhl/US // poʊstˈnʌp ʃəl, -tʃəl //

婚后,婚后的,婚后协议,婚后服务

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.

Examples

  • The relations both prenuptial and postnuptial between the sexes are of the strictest kind.

  • The relations both antenuptial and postnuptial are of the most stringent character.

  • The adult postnuptial molt, from July to December, is complete.

  • The first postnuptial molt, the following summer, is complete and produces the adult winter plumage.

  • At the first postnuptial molt, in August, they assume the adult winter plumage.

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