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bridesmaid

noun
🔊/ˈbraɪdzmeɪd/
🔊/ˈbraɪdzmeɪd/
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  1. a young woman or girl who helps a bride before and during the marriage ceremony女傧相；伴娘
    • Jo asked her sister to be (a) bridesmaid.乔请姐姐做伴娘。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: alteration of earlier bridemaid.