brides
brides — 名詞
- bridessingular
- bridesesplural
1. Women on their wedding day, or in the first short period after they marry.
新娘
即將結婚或剛完婚的女性
Women on their wedding day, or in the first short period after they marry.
The brides waited together in a sunny room before the ceremony began.
婚禮開始前，新娘們一起在明亮的房間裡等候。
plural subject: brides before the ceremony
At the festival, local brides wore red silk dresses and gold hairpins.
在那場慶典上，當地新娘們穿著紅色絲質禮服和金色髮飾。
local brides in traditional wedding clothes
The photographer asked the brides to hold their flowers a little higher.
攝影師請新娘們把手上的花再舉高一點。
Some brides write private letters to read aloud on their wedding morning.
有些新娘們會寫私密的信，在婚禮當天早上朗讀。
After the storm, the brides crossed the garden carefully to protect their shoes.
暴風雨後，新娘們小心穿過花園，好保護自己的鞋子。
- 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.