wedding
wedding — noun
1. a ceremony where two people get married, together with the meal, party, or other
a ceremony where two people get married, together with the meal, party, or other event that happens afterward as part of the celebration
Yael and Felipe are planning their wedding for next spring in the garden.
The wedding ceremony at the town hall lasted about twenty minutes.
collocation: wedding ceremony / wedding reception
Chiara and Niran invited over a hundred guests to their wedding.
Soraya wore a long white dress on her wedding day.
The wedding guests threw rice and flower petals as the couple left the church.
- marriage ceremony
more formal and focuses on the ritual itself rather than the party
- nuptials
very formal or literary term for a wedding; rarely used in everyday speech
- union
emphasises the joining of two people; often used in religious or official contexts
- divorce
the legal end of a marriage, not a direct opposite in terms of event type
文法句型
possessive determiner + wedding
wedding + noun (modifier)
用法筆記
Often used with a possessive determiner ('their wedding', 'the couple's wedding') or as a modifier before another noun to name items or people associated with the event ('wedding cake', 'wedding dress', 'wedding planner').