wedding
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husband fftNfftftftcXft 0 to live together in wedded bliss
—
&MII ftflltii(ftftli® 3 [not before noun] ~ (to sth) (formal or
literary) combined or united with sth ^
wed-ding 0-w
/'wedir)/
noun
a
marriage ceremony, and the meal or party that usually follows it ftffll; a wedding present
o a wedding ceremony/reception ££
b&'S: 0 Have you been invited to their wedding? fife (lift &WMi#jft#jtJPflit
IL? o She looked beautiful on her weddingday. g 3(ftj©ILJPA#±£.|gli^o OAZZ her friends could hear wedding bells (= they thought she would
soon get married). f!)T
fitfe/tlft Llft'ft'^ft — see also diamond wedding, golden
WEDDING, SHOTGUN WEDDING, SILVER WEDDING, WHITE
WEDDING
wedding anniversary noun the celebration every
year of the date when two people were married ft 0 : Today’s our wedding anniversary. ft
AH flf Eft
Bo
'wedding band noun a
wedding ring in the form of a plain band, usually of gold )
—
picture o jewellery
'wedding
breakfast noun (BrE, formal) a special meal after a
marriage ceremony
'wedding cake noun [C,
U]
a cake covered with icing, and
usually with several layers, eaten at a wedding party — picture o layer
'wedding dress noun a
dress that a woman wears at her wedding, especially a long white one #g# 'wedding ring noun a ring that is given
during a marriage ceremony and worn afterwards to show that you are married —
picture o jewellery
'wedding tackle
noun [U]
{BrE, slang) a man’s sexual organs E; PBH wedge /wed3/
noun, verb
m noun 1 a piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. with
one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep a door open, to
keep two things apart, or to split wood or rock ]$? 7; H ft 7k: He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone. ftl&AT'^iilo
o (figurative) I don’t want to drive a wedge between the two of you (= to make you start disliking each
other). IW M fE ifc f] M ft I'hT
M & A IP o 2 something that is
shaped like a wedge or that is used like a wedge fflff^7(ftA®: a wedge of cake- 3 a golf club that has the part that you
hit the ball with shaped like a wedge (
If IETC1 see thin adj.
m verb 1 [VN +adv./prep.] to put or squeeze
sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily #---$FA ( It A)'- HCI jam: The boat was now wedged
between the rocks. /!& f 7£ 7 Z. M o o She wedged herself into the passenger seat.
2 to
make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth
against it lE-UZA ( ff ) : [VN-ADJ] to wedge the door open 'Bff.$f [also VN]
wedgie /'wed3i/ noun (informal) an
act of lifting sb up by his/her underwear, usually done as a joke lift If if]
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)
.
wed-lock /'wedlDk;
NAmE -la:k/ noun [U]
(old-fashioned or law W) the state of being married :
children born in/out of wedlock (= whose parents are/ are not married) if
ft / #if ft 7 &
Wednesday
Ow /‘wenzdei;
-di/ noun [C,
U]
(abbr. Wed., Weds.)
the day of the week after
Tuesday and before Thursday M$]H HHIsl To see how Wednesday is used, look at the
examples at Monday. * Wednesday (ft ft & JaL iftft Monday T (ft tk ffl „ M;1MIJI Originally translated
from the Latin for ‘day of Mercury5 Mercurii dies and
named after the Germanic god Odin, if i fiT^t Mercurii
dies, 1® M
ft day of Mercury ( tKM 0 ) Qt
fcU 0 Odin
( HT ) ffo&o
wee /wi:/
adj., noun, verb
»adj. (informal) 1 (especially ScotE) very small in size IS
ft 1$ ; U ft (ft: a wee girl ft (ft i ® 2 small in amount; little MiKft;
|j|ft(ft; —*Tj£JL: Just a wee drop of milk for
weed /wird/
noun, verb
m noun 1 [C] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted,
especially among crops or garden plants , If # ( ) : The yard was overgrown with
weeds. 2 [U] any wild plant without
flowers that grows in water and
forms a green floating mass 7JC
jfi- 3 the
weed [sing.]
(humorous) tobacco or cigarettes ®; ®Uf; ft®; ® #: I wish I could
give up the weed (= stop smoking). 4
[U]
(informat) the drug cannabis ftffsfc® 5 [C] (BrE, informal, disapproving) a person with a weak
character or body «3§WAs #HMA
■
verb to take out weeds from
the ground [^ ( life ® (ft ) [VN] I’ve been weeding the flower beds.
^jk
M (ft ^ o [also V] IJ!l:iy .weed
sth/sb<-*'out to remove or get rid of people or things from a group
because they are not wanted or are less good than the
restim, «, mtl ),
weed-kill er /'wi:dkila(r)/ noun [U, C] a substance that is used to destroy weeds
I^J^i]; weedy /'wiidi/ adj. (weed-ier, weedi-est) 1 (BrE, informal, disapproving) having a thin weak body
^ (ft; M
ft ^ M (ft: a weedy little man M M ^ ft W7 2 full of or
covered with weeds 3^J^£(ft; -fcji^^ilft ,Wee 'Free noun a member of the part of
the Free Church of Scotland that did not join with the United Presbyterian
Church in 1900 to form the United Free Church (
Wee-juns™ /'wi:d39nz/
noun [pi ] (US) moccasin style shoes )
Week
0-w /wi:k/ noun
1
a period of seven days, either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday
M; ; I:
last/this/nextweek ± /
ft/ 7S® o It rained all week. «ftM 0 What day of the week is it? ftA
SHU Jl? 0 He comes to see us once a week, fife#A# H k, fll — IX o
2 any period of seven days — M ; ft A Eft |'h]
: a two-week vacation M Ml fM ® 0 The course lasts
five weeks, jjc H if © ft A ^ „ 0 a week ago today (= seven days ago) — )§] 0 She’ll be back in
a
week. i-Hg 3
the five days other than
Saturday
and Sunday ( ^
M M A
# M ® 0' lit ft (ft )' S A: They live in town during the week and go to the country for the weekend, ftfe fH AS —fj I?. $! A
ft It, /§[ ft fi] £ T A o 0 (BrE) I never have the time to go out in the week.
4
the part of the week when you go to workXftj^ ( -• ft
MS? ft (ft Ift W I'b] ) : a 35-hour week * 35 o
The firm is introducing a shorter
workingweek. f] W
^ H
I'a] 0
IT»TW1 today, tomorrow,
Monday, etc. week (BrE) (also a .week (from) to day,
etc. NAmE, BrE) seven days after the day that you mention
—ji!/ft (ft ft A ( ^c^A >
—ftf ) : I’ll see you Thursday week, ffcffftJE0 .week after ‘week (informal) continuously for many weeks -ftMffiX-ftM®;
Week after week the drought continued. ^
ftM®0 .week by 'week as the weeks pass —ftMIS
'. — ftMKliife; /^
: Week by week he grew a little