connected with a bride or a wedding 新娘的;婚礼的 a bridal gown 新娘的礼服 the bridal party (= the bride and the bridegroom and the people helping them at their wedding, sometimes used to refer only to the bride and those helping her) 新人(或单指新娘)及协助其婚礼的人 a bridal suite (= a set of rooms in a hotel for a couple who have just got married) 宾馆的新婚套间 - (North American English)
a bridal shower (= a party for a woman who will get married soon) 女子新婚前的送礼会
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBridal is used with these nouns:- bouquet
- gown
- magazine
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old English brȳd-ealu ‘wedding feast’, from brȳd ‘bride’ + ealu ‘ale-drinking’. Since the late 16th cent., the word has been associated with adjectives ending in -al.