【bride音标】 英[braɪd] 美[braɪd]
【单词释义】 bride是什么意思：
n.新娘，即将（或刚刚）结婚的女子；姑娘
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] brides
【bride形近词/近似词】
pride n.骄傲；自豪 v.以…而自豪；使得意
stride n.大步，阔步；步态，步伐；步距，步幅；步速 v.大步走，阔步走；跨越，跨过
deride vt.嘲笑；愚弄；揶揄
【单词例句】
◇ One day, an invitation came from the royal palace. "Mother, the prince is having a ball in finding a bride." Stepmother and stepsisters were in a commotion is choosing there clothes for the ball.
有一天，皇室送来了邀请函。“妈妈，王子打算举行舞会选拔新娘。”继母和姐姐们都在叽叽喳喳地商量着穿什么衣服赴宴。
---- Cinderella
◇ THERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers.
一只蝴蝶想要找一个新娘。自然，他想要在群花中找到一位可爱的小恋人。
---- The Butterfly
◇ Their wedding was celebrated with great pomp and joy, but the bride neither spoke nor laughed.
庄严的婚礼壮观而又热闹，可新娘却既不说话也不欢笑。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The carriage with the prince and his bride quickly drove away with Harry behind. Harry was full of joy because the spell on his master had been broken.
马车载着王子和他的新娘很快地驶走了，哈利紧跟在后面。因加在他主人身上的诅咒已经解除，哈利满心欢喜。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ But red's bloody beginning has transformed over millennia. During medieval times, for example, red was worn by royals as a status symbol. And today, brides in many parts of India are married in red dress.
几千年来，红色的含义发生了变化。举例而言：在中世纪时期，贵族穿戴红色，以象征自己的地位；如今，在印度的许多地区，新娘结婚时都身穿红裙。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ During the Roman engagement process, a well-off suitor who could afford a ring would slip it over his bride-to-be's fourth finger. Thus, he'd always have a symbolic grip around her lover's vein. The modern world may have adopted that practice from the Romans.
在罗马人订婚的过程中，能买得起戒指的富有的求婚者会将戒指亲自戴到准新娘的无名指上，象征着他抓住了她的“爱情之脉”。现代人可能是从罗马人那里习得这种做法的。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ There was once a king who had three sons of marriageable age In order to avoid any dispute over their choice of three brides, he said, "Aim as far as you can with the sling There where the stone falls you will get your wife."
从前，有一个国王，他的三个儿子都到了娶妻的年龄了。为了不让三个王子在挑选新娘的时候发生争斗，国王对他们说：“你们用投石器尽力向远处拋石头，石头落在哪里，你们就娶哪里的姑娘为妻。”