| 单词 | bridal bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridal bed bridal bed n. now somewhat archaic the bed used by a newly married couple; the bed in which a marriage is consummated; = nuptial bed n. at nuptial adj. and n. Compounds.Cf. earlier bridebed n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed bridebedOE bridal beda1547 marriage bed1567 nuptial bed1578 wedding-bed1597 Hymen-bed1598 thore1649 wed-beda1650 geniala1701 nuptial couch1731 wedlock bed1820 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. D.iv Hys weedes dyspoyled all, and brydeall bedde, Wherein alas Syster, I founde my bane. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 242 I had thought to adorne thy bridale bed, faire maide. 1714 E. Young Force of Relig. i. 85 Now on the bridal-bed his eyes were cast. 1921 E. Westermarck Hist. Human Marriage (ed. 5) II. xxvi. 578 According to Roman Catholic rituals he [sc. the priest] has also had to bless the bridal bed. 2017 Women's Era (Nexis) 16 Mar. He had felt exhilarated while coming to the bridal bed because he had started looking forward to a night of lovemaking. < as lemmas |
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