pageant
美音:
[´pædʒənt
]英音:
[´pædʒənt
]n.盛会,庆典,游行,虚饰,露天表演
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pageant
/'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.
pageant
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 pastAmE a public competition for young women in which their appearance, and sometimes other qualities, are compared and judged
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beauty contestthe pageant of sthliterary a series of historical events that are interesting and important
the pageant of African history