| 单词 | bridal chamber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridal chamber bridal chamber n. the bedroom used by a newly married couple; the bedroom in which a marriage is consummated.Cf. bride-chamber n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > wedding night > chamber bridehouseOE genius chamber1513 spousing1513 bride-chamber?1533 wedding-chamber1552 marriage chamber1560 bridal chamber1594 bride's room?1690 marriage-bower1769 bridal suite1853 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of occupant > [noun] > bridal chamber wedding-chamber1552 bridal chamber1594 thalam1791 1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. G Feran. Come hither Kate where are thy sisters. Kate. They be sitting in the bridall chamber. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 164 I wil bring thee to thy Bridall chamber. a1822 P. B. Shelley Posthumous Poems (1824) 231 The flowers upon my bridal chamber strewn Will serve unfaded for my bier. 1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. iii. 87 Occupancy of the ‘bridal chambers’ of the leading hotels. 2000 Feng Shui for Mod. Living May 11/3 Some traditional families still place pomegranates in the bridal chamber on the wedding night to bait the stork for a speedy delivery of a ‘bundle of joy’ to the happy couple. < as lemmas |
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