Gretna Green
noun /ˌɡretnə ˈɡriːn/
/ˌɡretnə ˈɡriːn/
- a village in Scotland near the border with England, famous in the past as a place where English couples used to go to get married when they were not allowed to get married in England
格雷特纳格林（临近英格兰边境的苏格兰村庄，旧时一些英格兰情侣因被禁止在本地结婚而跑到此地成婚，因而闻名） CultureThe Scottish laws concerning marriage were much less strict, and many couples were married by the Gretna Green blacksmith (= a person whose job is making things out of iron). These marriages were made illegal in Scotland in 1940.