Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #8029
wed
结婚；娶；嫁给
to marry; to take someone as one's spouse or to get married
- 1.
To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
为......主持婚礼；使结为夫妻。
- 2.
To take as one's spouse.
娶；嫁。
- 3.
To take a spouse.
结婚。
- 4.
To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
像婚姻一样永久地结合或投入。
- 5.
To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
采纳并支持；信奉。
为…主持婚礼；使结为夫妻；使紧密结合；使融合；信奉；拥护；支持；为......主持婚礼；使结为夫妻。；娶；嫁。
In use
The couple will wed in a small chapel surrounded by family.
She wedded her college sweetheart right after graduation.
My brother weds his partner in a seaside ceremony this October.
wed sb
及物动词，直接接结婚对象。常用于正式或文学语境。
He wed his college sweetheart in a small ceremony.
他与大学恋人举行了一场小型婚礼。
wed sb to sb
表示主持婚礼将两人结合。
The priest wed the bride to the groom.
牧师为新娘和新郎主持了婚礼。
be wed (to sb)
被动语态，强调婚礼仪式的举行。
They were wed in a beautiful garden.
Connections
Collocations
- get wed
- 结婚
- They got wed last summer.他们去年夏天结婚了。
- wed someone
- 与某人结婚
- He wed his high school sweetheart.他娶了高中时的恋人。
- wed in a church
- 在教堂结婚
- They wed in a small church in the countryside.他们在乡村的一座小教堂结婚。
- wed the couple
- 为新人主持婚礼
- The priest wed the couple.牧师为这对新人主持了婚礼。
- wed to
- 嫁给/娶了（某人）
- She was wed to a famous actor.她嫁给了一位著名演员。
- newly wed
- 新婚的
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象两人在婚礼上说'We do'，取首字母 w-e-d 就是 wed。
Context & Register
wed 为正式用语，多用于婚礼誓言、官方公告、新闻报道或文学作品中，表示“结婚”或“举行婚礼”。被动语态如“they were wed”较为常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均与wed押韵（/wɛd/），其中red、bed、led、shed、fed拼写均为-ed结尾；said发音相同但拼写不同（-ai-），为特殊注意项。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，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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