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美音:[´pædʒənt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.盛会,庆典,游行,虚饰,露天表演

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/'pædʒənt; `pædʒənt/
n
1 public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in costume, or an outdoor performance of scenes from history 盛装的游行; 露天演出的历史剧
*(fig 比喻) the pageant of history, ie history as a succession of colourful events 丰富多彩的历史.
2 brilliant display or spectacle 壮丽的场面; 伟观.

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n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: pagina 'scene of a play', from Latin, 'page'; PAGE1]
an organized public show, often performed outdoors, where people dress in decorated or unusual clothes
 a colourful pageant of Scotland's past
AmE a public competition for young women in which their appearance, and sometimes other qualities, are compared and judged
= beauty contest
the pageant of sth
literary a series of historical events that are interesting and important
 the pageant of African history