Pageant
['pædʒ(ə)nt] or ['pædʒənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes.
(noun.) a rich and spectacular ceremony.
整理:威尔伯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
(n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
(a.) Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
(v. t.) To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
校對:弗恩
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Spectacle, show, display, parade.
手打:蒙塔古
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Pomp, procession, exhibition, display, spectacle, show, ceremony
ANT:Dream, illusion, phantasmagoria, mockery
以斯拉錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a showy exhibition: a spectacle: a fleeting show: (orig.) a platform on four wheels for the purpose of representing plays &c.—adj. showy: pompous.—n. Page′antry splendid display: pompous spectacle.
埃德娜校對
例句/造句/用法:
- We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Even this day's pageant had not proceeded without the consent of the despised Jew, who furnished the means. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Brilliant arc lamps, rivaling the sun in power, make night into day, and produce along our streets coruscations, silhouettes, and dancing shadows in spectacular and unceasing pageants. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- When Percy MacKaye pleads for pageants in which the people themselves participate, he offers an opportunity for expressing some of the lusts of the city in the form of an art. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But at all the dismal dinners, leaden lunches, basilisk balls, and other melancholy pageants, her mere appearance is a relief. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
艾莉森校對