/pɒmp; pɑmp/
n [U]
1 (a) splendid display or magnificence, esp at a public event 宏伟壮观的景象（尤指群众场面）; 盛况
*the pomp and ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament 国会揭幕的盛况.
(b) (derog 贬) such display seen as trivial and meaningless 不必要和无意义的铺张和排场; 虚荣; 浮华
*forsaking worldly pomp for the life of a monk 摒弃世间的浮华而出家.
2 (idm 习语) pomp and circumstance magnificent and/or ceremonious display and procedure 盛大的和[或]隆重的场面和仪式.

n[U]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: pompe, from Greek, 'procession']
formal all the impressive clothes, decorations, music etc that are traditional for an important official or public ceremony
　The queen's birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony .
　all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing