在西方的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗中,訂婚戒指一般是由女方佩戴用來顯示其訂婚待嫁的身份。一般來說,男方會在向女方求婚或者女方答應(yīng)求婚后將戒指作為禮物在訂婚儀式上送給女方。這個戒指代表正式的婚約。
In the United States and Canada today it is becoming more common, but still rare, that a woman will also buy her partner an engagement ring at the time of the engagement.These may be called male engagement rings or mengagement rings, which is a portmanteau of "man" and "engagement ring".
如今,在美國和加拿大,女方也開始流行在訂婚時給男方送訂婚戒指,不過,這種現(xiàn)象目前還不是太普遍。這種女方送給男方的訂婚戒指叫做男士訂婚戒(male engagement ring或mengagement ring),mengagement ring是man(男士)和engagement ring(訂婚戒)兩個詞的合成形式。