bridal

adjective
🔊/ˈbraɪdl/
🔊/ˈbraɪdl/
[only before noun]
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  1. connected with a bride or a wedding新娘的;婚礼的
    • a bridal gown新娘的礼服
    • the bridal party (= the bride and the bridegroom and the people helping them at their wedding, sometimes used to refer only to the bride and those helping her)新人(或单指新娘)及协助其婚礼的人
    • a bridal suite (= a set of rooms in a hotel for a couple who have just got married)宾馆的新婚套间
    • (North American English) a bridal shower (= a party for a woman who will get married soon)女子新婚前的送礼会
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2, Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBridal is used with these nouns:
    • bouquet
    • gown
    • magazine
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old English brȳd-ealu ‘wedding feast’, from brȳd ‘bride’ + ealu ‘ale-drinking’. Since the late 16th cent., the word has been associated with adjectives ending in -al.