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(qǐng)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(duì)，愛(ài)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(lái)源：
Middle English banes [pl. of] ban [proclamation]
中古英語(yǔ) banes [] ban的復(fù)數(shù) [公告]
from Old English gebann
源自 古英語(yǔ) gebann
and from Old French ban [of Germanic origin] * see bh3- 2
并源自 古法語(yǔ) ban [源于日耳曼語(yǔ)的] *參見(jiàn) bh3- 2