wedding
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Family
wed·ding /ˈwedɪŋ/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countableC] 1 
SSFMARRYa marriage ceremony, especially one with a religious service 〔尤指有宗教仪式的〕婚礼
SSFMARRYa marriage ceremony, especially one with a religious service 〔尤指有宗教仪式的〕婚礼 She’s busy planning her daughter’s wedding.
她正忙着筹备女儿的婚礼。
When is the wedding?
婚礼是什么时候？
2. (hear the sound of) wedding bells spokenMARRY used to say that you think it is likely that two people will get married (听到)婚礼的钟声，好事近了〔用于表示认为两个人将要结婚〕
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
go to a wedding (also attend a wedding formal) 参加婚礼
I’m going to a wedding on Saturday.
星期六我要去参加一场婚礼。
nAbout 100 people attended the wedding.
come to the wedding 来参加婚礼
She wrote to say she couldn’t come to the wedding.
她来信说她不能来参加婚礼了。
conduct a wedding formal (=say the official words and perform the actions at a wedding) 主持婚礼
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + weddingTheir wedding was conducted by the local priest.
他们的婚礼由当地牧师主持。
a church wedding 教堂婚礼
I wanted a church wedding.
我想办一个教堂婚礼。
a big wedding (=with a lot of guests) 大型婚礼
They couldn’t afford a big wedding.
他们没有钱举办盛大的婚礼。
na quiet/small wedding (=with not many guests)
We had a quiet wedding, with just a few close friends and relatives.
a white wedding (=a traditional wedding where the bride wears a white dress) 白色婚礼〔新娘穿白色礼服的传统婚礼〕
nShe had always wanted a white wedding.
na traditional wedding (=at a church, with the bride wearing a white dress)
I wanted a more traditional wedding.
a registry office wedding British EnglishBrE (=at a local government office, not in a church) 公证婚礼，世俗婚礼
nThey decided to have a registry office wedding.
a civil wedding American EnglishAmE (=a wedding that is not performed by a religious leader) 公证婚礼，世俗婚礼
wedding + NOUNnOnly church or civil weddings have full legal status.
somebody’s wedding day 某人婚礼那天
She looked beautiful on her wedding day.
她在婚礼那天看上去很漂亮。
somebody’s wedding night 某人的新婚之夜
They spent their wedding night in a hotel.
他们的新婚之夜在一家酒店度过。
somebody’s wedding anniversary 某人的结婚纪念日
They celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in May.
他们在5月份庆祝了结婚十周年。
the wedding ceremony 结婚典礼
nHer uncle, a priest, conducted the wedding ceremony.
the wedding service (=the ceremony in a church) 结婚仪式
nIt was a beautiful wedding service.
the wedding reception (=the large formal meal or party after a wedding) 婚宴，喜宴
nHer uncle got drunk at the wedding reception.
the wedding breakfast British EnglishBrE (=the meal after a wedding, usually in the afternoon) 婚宴，喜宴
the wedding cake 结婚蛋糕
nThe bride and groom cut the wedding cake.
a wedding present/gift 结婚礼物
nHe gave them a painting as a wedding present.
a wedding guest 婚礼来宾
nAll the wedding guests laughed.
a wedding invitation 婚礼请柬
nThey had already sent out all the wedding invitations.
a wedding photograph/picture 结婚照，婚纱照
nmy mother’s old wedding photographs
n THESAURUS
wedding a ceremony in which two people get married, especially one with a religious service
We had our wedding in the local church.
a registry office wedding
marriage a wedding. Marriage is less common and more formal than wedding
Their marriage will take place in Westminster Abbey.
reception a large formal meal or party after a wedding
Where will you be having your reception?
honeymoon a holiday taken by two people who have just got married
We’re going to Barbados for our honeymoon.
Examples from the Corpus
wedding• But Jacques Lipchitz, who had recently married, decided to commission Modigliani to paint a wedding portrait.• Mom always cries at weddings.• He had wanted her himself so badly, and when he'd heard of her wedding he had been insanely jealous.• Roy had been working for him since three weeks after his wedding, and he hated it.• He plans to go ahead with his wedding, which was postponed last Wednesday, on his return to Sarajevo.• The couple plan to celebrate the victory and their seventh wedding anniversary by taking their children to Disneyworld in Florida.• After the wedding the bride and groom went straight to the airport for their flight to Fiji.• Have you sent out the wedding invitations yet?• The couple also got £2,000 cash that helped to make their wedding reception a feast to remember.• Are you going to have a traditional white wedding?