名詞 banns:

1. a public announcement of a proposed marriage

1. Jimmy had his banns called last Sunday.
   上星期天，吉米已請求牧師預(yù)告了他的婚事。
2. The engaged couple, Edward Evans and Gertrude Kennedy, put up the banns the other day.
   訂了婚的一對，愛德華埃文斯和格特魯?shù)驴夏岬?，不久前公布了他們的結(jié)婚預(yù)告。

banns 也作 bans

pl.n.（復(fù)數(shù)名詞）
An announcement, especially in a church, of an intended marriage.
結(jié)婚公告，尤指由教堂公布的

來源：
Middle English banes [pl. of] ban [proclamation]
中古英語 banes [] ban的復(fù)數(shù) [公告]
from Old English gebann
源自 古英語 gebann
and from Old French ban [of Germanic origin] * see bh3- 2
并源自 古法語 ban [源于日耳曼語的] *參見 bh3- 2