单词 | bridal tour |
释义 | > as lemmasbridal tour bridal tour n. now chiefly historical a journey or tour undertaken by a newly married couple.Cf. honeymoon n. 2, wedding tour n. at wedding n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1825 E. Benger Mem. E. Stuart I. iv. 165 (heading) Elizabeth's bridal tour through Holland to Cologne. 1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey xxi. 313 Early in June, I received a letter from Lady Ashby, late Miss Murray. She had written to me twice or thrice before, from the different stages of her bridal tour. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad 228 She was newly married, and was on her bridal tour. 1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. iii. 87 The conventional ‘bridal tour’, which so many newly wedded couples look upon as a necessary introduction to a life of connubial joys. 2009 B. Penner Newlyweds on Tour i. 29 It was their newly-wed status that rendered them noteworthy, as the bridal tour was otherwise the same as a regular northern tour in terms of..sights seen. < as lemmas |
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