wedding
noun /ˈwedɪŋ/
/ˈwedɪŋ/
- a marriage ceremony, and the meal or party that usually follows it
婚礼;结婚庆典 - I dreamed of having a big wedding, with all my family and friends.
我梦想有一个盛大的婚礼,和我所有的家人和朋友一起。 - I'm going to a wedding this weekend.
这个周末我要去参加一个婚礼。 - Have you been invited to their wedding?
他们有没有邀请你参加婚礼? - television coverage of the royal wedding
皇家婚礼的电视报道 - at a wedding I met her at my brother's wedding.
我是在我哥哥的婚礼上认识她的。 - wedding to somebody Over 300 guests attended his wedding to the former model.
300多位客人参加了他和这位前模特的婚礼。 - a wedding ceremony/reception
结婚典礼;婚宴 - She looked beautiful on her wedding day.
她在自己的婚礼那天看起来很漂亮。 - a wedding present/gift
结婚礼物/礼物 - All her friends could hear wedding bells (= they thought she would soon get married).
所有的朋友仿佛已听到了她婚礼的钟声。
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorcesee also diamond wedding, golden wedding, shotgun wedding, silver wedding, white wedding Romance结婚和离婚 恋爱 - fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
(疯狂地/深深地/无可救药地)爱上/爱着(某人) - be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
是/相信一见钟情;一见钟情 - be/find true love/the love of your life
是/找到真爱/一生的爱 - suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
受单相思之苦 - have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
对某人/某事有着/表示出强烈的/深深的/真挚的爱慕之情 - meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
与丈夫/妻子/伴侣/未婚夫/未婚妻/男朋友/女朋友结识/结婚 - have/go on a (blind) date
有个/去约会/相亲 - be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
与一个小伙子/女生/男生/男人/女人在谈恋爱 - move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
与男朋友/女朋友/伴侣同居
婚礼 - get/be engaged/married/divorced
订婚;结婚;离婚 - arrange/plan a wedding
安排婚礼 - have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
举行隆重的婚礼;度蜜月;婚姻幸福 - have/enter into an arranged marriage
有一个/走入包办婚姻 - call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
取消/推迟婚礼 - invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
邀请某人出席/参加婚礼/结婚典礼/结婚喜宴 - conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
举行结婚典礼 - exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
交换戒指;互致结婚誓言 - congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
祝贺这对幸福的新人;为这对幸福的伉俪干杯 - be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
(与妻子/丈夫)在/去度蜜月 - celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
庆祝第一个(结婚)纪念日
分居和离婚 - be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
对丈夫/妻子/伴侣/未婚夫/未婚妻/男朋友/女朋友不忠 - have an affair (with somebody)
(和某人)有暧昧关系 - break off/end an engagement/a relationship
解除/终止婚约/恋爱关系 - break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
与男友/女友分手;甩掉男友/女友 - separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
和丈夫/妻子分居;离弃丈夫/妻子;与丈夫/妻子离婚 - annul/dissolve a marriage
宣布婚姻无效;解除婚姻关系 - apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
申请/要求/办理离婚;离婚 - get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
获得/被判予/拥有/失去对孩子的监护权 - pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
(向前妻/前夫)支付生活费/子女抚养费
Wordfinder- best man
- bride
- ceremony
- engaged
- honeymoon
- marriage
- propose
- reception
- stag night
- wedding
Culture weddingsweddings A wedding is the occasion when people get married. Marriage is the state of being married, though the word can also mean the wedding ceremony. In England, Wales and Scotland, and in all 50 states of the US, it is legal for couples of the same sex to marry.Before getting married a couple usually get engaged. In a male-female relationship, it is traditional for the man to propose (= ask his girlfriend to marry him) (sometimes called popping the question) and, if she accepts, give his new fiancée an engagement ring, which she wears on the third finger of her left hand. Today many couples decide together to get married.The couple then set a date and decide who will perform the marriage ceremony and where it will be held. In the US judges and religious leaders can perform weddings. The ceremony can take place anywhere and couples often choose somewhere that is special to them. Religious weddings are often held in a church or chapel, although many churches do not conduct same-sex weddings. In Britain many couples choose to be married in church, even if they are not religious. Others will have a civil ceremony conducted by a registrar at a registry office or at one of the many hotels and historic buildings which are licensed for weddings.In the past, it was traditional for the family of the bride (= the woman who is to be married) to pay for the wedding, but today the couple usually pay all or part of the cost. Many people choose a traditional wedding with a hundred or more guests. Before the wedding, the couple send out printed invitations and guests either buy a gift for them, contribute to the couple's honeymoon (= a holiday taken after the wedding) or make a donation to a charity chosen by the couple. Couples often make a list of items that they would like at a large store. Guests can look at the list online and buy a present. In Britain couples sometimes send a wedding list to guests to help them to choose a suitable present.Before a wedding can take place in a church it must be announced there on three occasions. This is called the reading of the banns. Some religious groups refuse to allow a couple to marry in church if either of them has been divorced, or if they are a same-sex couple, but they may agree to bless the marriage after a civil ceremony.Before the wedding the couple often go to separate parties given for them by friends. At the bridegroom's stag party, called in the US a bachelor party, guests drink alcohol and joke about how the groom is going to lose his freedom. For brides there is a hen party, called in the US a bachelorette party. Sometimes these parties take the form of a weekend trip to a foreign city.At a traditional wedding the groom's closest male friend acts as the best man and stands next to him during the ceremony. Other friends act as ushers and show guests where to sit. The bride's closest woman friend is chief bridesmaid (NAmE maid of honour), or matron of honour if she is married, and other friends are bridesmaids. Children are bridesmaids if they are girls or pages if they are boys.Many women choose to have a white wedding, and wear a long white wedding dress, sometimes with a veil (= a piece of thin material) covering the face. According to tradition, the bride's wedding clothes should include 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue', to bring luck. The bridesmaids wear matching dresses and, like the bride, carry bouquets of flowers. The bridegroom, the best man and other men may wear morning dress (= a long-tailed jacket, dark trousers and a top hat) or, in the US, a tuxedo (= a black suit with a white shirt). Women guests wear smart clothes and often hats.The bride arrives with her father who will give her away to her husband. The couple exchange vows (= promise to stay together and support each other). They also exchange wedding rings, placing them on the third finger of the left hand. They sign the register (= the official record of marriages) and as they leave the church guests throw rice or confetti (= small pieces of coloured paper) over them.The ‘happy couple’ and their guests then go to the wedding reception at a hotel or the place where the ceremony took place if it was not a church or registry office. There are often speeches by the best man, the bride's father and the bridegroom. The couple together cut a wedding cake, which usually has several tiers (= layers), and may be covered with white icing (NAmE frosting), perhaps with figures of the couple on the top one. Before the newly-weds leave for their honeymoon (= a holiday to celebrate their marriage) the bride throws her bouquet in the air: there is a belief that the woman who catches it will soon be married herself. It was a tradition for the car the couple left in to have been decorated by their friends with the words ‘just married’ and with old tin cans or shoes tied to the back, although this is less common now.In practice, many weddings do not follow the traditional procedures described above. Same-sex couples in particular may be more likely to break with traditions such as walking down the aisle, having a best man or arranging separate parties with their friends before the wedding.婚礼 Topics Religion and festivalsa2, Life stagesa2- I work in the wedding industry.
我在婚庆行业工作。 - The minister was asked to officiate at the wedding.
牧师受邀主持婚礼。 - The royal wedding will take place in June.
王室婚礼将在6 月举行。 - The wedding went off without a hitch.
婚礼进行得很顺利。 - The wedding will be conducted by the local priest.
婚礼将由该教区的牧师主持。 - They had a small wedding with close friends and family.
他们举行了一个小型婚礼,只有家人和密友参加。 - We haven't set a wedding date yet.
我们还没定下举行婚礼的日子。 - We were choosing what present to buy from the wedding list they'd sent.
我们正在从他们送来的结婚礼品单中选择买什么礼品。 - a ring on her wedding finger
她无名指上戴着的结婚戒指 - The wedding took place two years ago.
婚礼是在两年前举行的。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- church
- registry office
- traditional
- …
- have
- go through with
- attend
- …
- go ahead
- go off
- take place
- …
- day
- night
- invitation
- …
- at a/the wedding
词源Old English weddung (see wed, -ing). - I dreamed of having a big wedding, with all my family and friends.