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bridegroom

noun
🔊/ˈbraɪdɡruːm/
🔊/ˈbraɪdɡruːm/
(also groom)
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  1. a man on his wedding day, or just before or just after it新郎；即将（或刚刚）结婚的男子
    • I enjoyed the bridegroom’s speech.我很喜欢新郎的讲话。
    Topics Life stagesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • prospective
    • proud
    phrases
    • the bride and bridegroom
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    Word OriginOld English brȳdguma, from brȳd ‘bride’ + guma ‘man’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with groom.