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单词 ruby wedding
释义

ruby /rooˈbi/

noun
  1. A precious stone, a pure transparent red corundum
  2. Extended to other stones, such as varieties of spinel and garnet
  3. The colour of a ruby, a deep crimson
  4. (in pl) the lips (poetic)
  5. Blood (boxing sl)
  6. A deep-red wine or port
  7. Ruby glass (see below)
  8. A type smaller than nonpareil and larger than pearl (51/2 points; printing)
adjective

Red as a ruby

transitive verb (ruˈbying; ruˈbied)

To redden

ORIGIN: OFr rubi and rubin, from L rubeus, from ruber red

ruˈbied adjective

Red as a ruby

ruˈbin or ruˈbine /-bin/ noun (Spenser)

A ruby

rubinˈeous adjective

ruˈbious adjective

Ruby, red, ruddy

ruˈby-coloured adjective

ruby glass noun

Glass coloured a deep red by the addition of mineral oxides

ruby-redˈ adjective

Deep crimson

ruby silver noun

  1. Proustite
  2. Pyrargyrite

ruby spinel noun

A ruby-red spinel (also spinel-ruby)

ruˈby-tail noun

A gold-wasp, or cuckoo-fly

ruˈbythroat noun

A hummingbird with a ruby gorget

ruˈbythroated adjective

ruby wedding noun

A fortieth wedding anniversary

wed /wed/ (Scot wad /wöd/)

transitive verb (weddˈing; weddˈed or (dialect) wed; weddˈed or (dialect and poetic) wed)
  1. To marry
  2. To join in marriage
  3. To unite closely
  4. To wager (obsolete)
intransitive verb

To marry

noun (obsolete; Scot wad)

A pledge, security

ORIGIN: OE weddian to promise, to marry (Ger wetten to wager), from wedd a pledge; Gothic wadi, Ger Wette a bet

weddˈed adjective

  1. Married
  2. Of or relating to marriage
  3. Closely joined
  4. Persistently devoted

weddˈing noun

  1. Marriage
  2. Marriage ceremony

wedding anniversary noun

The anniversary of one's wedding day

wedding band noun (chiefly N American)

A wedding ring

wedding bed noun

The bridal bed

wedding breakfast noun

A meal served after a wedding

wedding cake noun

A highly decorated cake served at a wedding, and also divided among absent friends

wedding cards plural noun

Cards announcing a wedding, sent to friends

wedding day noun

  1. The day of marriage
  2. Its anniversary

wedding dower noun

A dowry

wedding dress noun

A bride's dress

wedding favour noun

  1. A white rosette formerly worn by men at a wedding
  2. A small gift given to guests at a wedding

wedding finger noun

The ring finger

wedding garment noun

A garment worn at a wedding

wedding march noun

Music in march time played as the bride's party enters the church and at the close of a marriage ceremony

wedding ring noun

  1. A usu plain, gold ring given by the groom to the bride at a wedding
  2. A ring of the same or similar type given reciprocally by the bride to the groom

wedding tackle see tackle

penny-wedding see under penny

silver, ruby, golden or diamond wedding or wedding anniversary

The celebrations of the 25th, 40th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of a wedding respectively

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