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单词 bridesmaid
释义
bridesmaidbrides‧maid /ˈbraɪdzmeɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • My three sisters were bridesmaids for me.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As for my powder blue, double-knit polyester bridesmaid dress and floppy hat, I left them behind this time.
  • Long or short, silk or satin, Wendys will have the designer dress for you and your bridesmaids.
  • The bridesmaid eventually turned up with a tale as long as her arm as to why, which nobody listened to.
  • Together, accompanied by the bridesmaids, they return to the bridegroom's house for the wedding and the celebrations that follow.
  • We save our Halloween costumes, as well as old scarves, bridesmaid outfits, and the like.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe people in a wedding
the woman who is getting married: · Everyone turned around as the bride entered the church.· Teenage brides are twice as likely to end up being divorced as women who marry later.· He took his young bride to live on the ranch in Wyoming.
the man who is getting married: · It is traditional for the groom to buy presents for the bridesmaids.· Can I take a photograph of the bride and groom?
informal a man and a woman who have just got married: · I'd like to propose a toast to the happy couple.· Everyone waved goodbye as the happy couple drove away.
one of the women who help the bride on her wedding day, and who stand with her during the ceremony: · My three sisters were bridesmaids for me.
the chief man who helps the groom on his wedding day, and who stands with him during the ceremony: · I was honoured that he asked me to be his best man.
British /matron of honor American the chief married woman who helps the bride on the day of her wedding, and who stands with her during the ceremony: · I asked my older sister, Louise, to be my matron of honor.
British /maid of honor American the chief unmarried woman who helps the bride on the day of her wedding and who stands with her during the ceremony: · Leslie couldn't decide which of her college friends she wanted for her maid of honor.
American one of the men who help the groom on his wedding day, and who stand with him during the ceremony: · We need one groomsman for each bridesmaid.
a girl or woman, usually unmarried, who helps a bride on her wedding day and is with her at the wedding best man
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