Word · Frequency #15887
Fully loadedbridesmaids
伴娘
bridesmaids is the plural of bridesmaid.
A woman who attends the bride during a wedding ceremony and is part of the bridal party.
- 1.
A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
婚礼上陪伴新娘的主要女伴。
- 2.
an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
在婚礼上陪伴新娘的未婚女子
- 3.
A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
常年名列前茅但从未夺冠的人或团队。
万年老二；长期屈居第二者；婚礼上陪伴新娘的主要女伴。；在婚礼上陪伴新娘的未婚女子；常年名列前茅但从未夺冠的人或团队。；女傧相
In use
My sister asked me to be her bridesmaid at the wedding.
All the bridesmaids wore matching blue dresses.
She is choosing the bridesmaid gifts this weekend.
be a bridesmaid
表示担任伴娘的角色。
She was a bridesmaid at her cousin's wedding.
她在表姐的婚礼上当了伴娘。
ask sb to be a bridesmaid
用于描述新娘邀请某人担任伴娘。
The bride asked her three closest friends to be bridesmaids.
新娘请了三位最要好的朋友当伴娘。
bridesmaid's + noun
表示伴娘的某物，如礼服、职责等。
The bridesmaid's dress matched the wedding theme.
Connections
Collocations
- be a bridesmaid
- 当伴娘
- She was asked to be a bridesmaid at her best friend's wedding.她被邀请在好友的婚礼上当伴娘。
- chief bridesmaid
- 首席伴娘；主伴娘
- As chief bridesmaid, she helped plan the hen party.作为主伴娘，她帮忙策划了单身派对。
- bridesmaid dress
- 伴娘礼服
- All the bridesmaid dresses were in pastel pink.所有伴娘礼服都是淡粉色。
- junior bridesmaid
- 年幼伴娘
- Her niece was a junior bridesmaid in the wedding.她的侄女在婚礼上做年幼伴娘。
- perennial bridesmaid
- 常年屈居第二者；万年老二
- The team has been the perennial bridesmaid of the league for years.这支球队多年来一直是联赛的万年老二。
- bridesmaid speech
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 bride（新娘）+ maid（侍女）：伴娘总陪在新娘身边，因此也联想成“总陪跑、差一步夺冠”的万年老二。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：wedding ceremony、bridal party、competition or contest commentary bridesmaid 最常用作中性词，指婚礼中陪伴新娘的女性伴娘；在谈论比赛或竞争时则有“长期屈居第二”的比喻用法，这时多带调侃或非正式色彩。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为bridesmaids
Pronunciation & Spelling
bridesmaid 中 -maid 读作 /meɪd/（虽有次重音），与 made、maid、grade、shade、trade、paid 押韵。注意拼写类似的 bride /braɪd/（新娘）和 braid /breɪd/（辫子）读音不同，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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