brides

IPA/braɪd/
KK[brˈaɪdz]IPA/braɪd/

brides — noun

  • bridessingular
  • bridesesplural

1. Women on their wedding day, or in the first short period after they marry.

1.名詞A2
釋義

Women on their wedding day, or in the first short period after they marry.

例句

The brides waited together in a sunny room before the ceremony began.

plural subject: brides before the ceremony

At the festival, local brides wore red silk dresses and gold hairpins.

local brides in traditional wedding clothes

同義詞
  • bride-to-be

    Only refers to the time before the wedding, not the hours after it.

  • newlywed

    Stresses the first stage after marriage rather than the ceremony itself.

  • wife

    The ordinary term for a married woman, with no necessary wedding focus.

文法句型

the brides

some brides

brides + plural verb

用法筆記

Usually points to the wedding itself or the very short time around it. For a woman's ordinary married life after that, wife is the more natural word.

常見錯誤

❌Three bride arrived at noon.
✅Three brides arrived at noon.
💡This is a countable noun, so the plural form needs -s when you mean more than one woman.
❌The wives stood together before the ceremony.
✅The brides stood together before the ceremony.
💡bride focuses on the wedding event, while wife is the broader word after marriage.