习语shotgun wedding

习语shotgun wedding奉子成婚
（因女方怀孕而匆促举办的）闪电式成婚
a wedding that has to take place quickly because the woman is pregnant
Shotgun wedding是指新娘已怀孕，不得不赶忙举办婚礼。至于这词从何而来，据估测，早年男女往来很保存，女孩子未婚怀孕，爸爸妈妈著急，老爸乃至火大到提一把散弹枪去找那个小伙子，逼着赶忙成婚遮羞。

 
例句：
Their cohabitation led to a shotgun wedding and a bitter divorce before too long .
他们同居后，女方怀孕，不得不成婚，然后很快就离了婚。

My parents had a shotgun wedding and had only been married a few months before I was born.
我的爸爸妈妈是因为母亲怀孕被逼成婚的，他们成婚才几个月便生下了我。

Blake: From what I heard, a baby present might be a better idea. It was a bit of shotgun wedding.
布雷克：就我听到的，送礼物给小宝宝或许还比较好。他们有点先上车后补票的嫌疑。