A bridegroom is the man who is getting married, on the wedding day or just after. In ordinary talk people usually shorten it to groom: “the bride and groom.” Bridegroom sounds a little more old-fashioned or formal — you still see it on invitations and in stories.

A bridegroom is新郎就是 on the wedding day or just after在婚禮當天或剛結束後 who is getting married要結婚的 the man男人 In ordinary talk people usually shorten it to groom平常說話時大家通常把它簡稱成groom（新郎） "the bride and groom."像「新娘新郎」這樣的說法 Bridegroom sounds a little more old-fashioned or formal聽起來比較老派或正式一點 you still see it on invitations and in stories你在喜帖和故事裡還是看得到它

Though actually, the ending is a bit of a muddle: it looks like the groom who looks after horses, but that is not how the word began. The old second half just meant “man,” then died out, and people reshaped the ending to a word they still knew.

Though actually不過其實 the ending is a bit of a muddle這個字尾有點混亂 it looks like the groom who looks after horses看起來像是照顧馬的那個groom（馬伕） but that is not how the word began但這個字其實不是這樣來的 The old second half just meant "man,"舊的後半段本來只是指「man」（男人） then died out後來就消失了 and people reshaped the ending to a word they still knew於是人們把字尾改成了自己還認得的字

Today both spellings point at the same wedding role; horse-groom is a different job that only shares the look.

Today both spellings point at the same wedding role現在這兩種拼法指的都是同一個婚禮角色 horse-groom is a different job that only shares the lookhorse-groom（馬伕）則是另一個不同的工作，只是長得像而已