pageant

英 ['p?d?(?)nt] 美['p?d??nt]
  • n. 盛會(huì)；游行；虛飾；露天表演
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?pageants;

助記提示

1. 諧音“陪警特”----陪伴在兩旁的特警---舉行盛大慶典時(shí)，肯定得有特警陪護(hù)，來(lái)維持秩序、保護(hù)安全。
2. page => pageant: 原意是“戲劇作品”-----后來(lái)發(fā)展引申為露天的、盛大的與戲劇有關(guān)的表演，進(jìn)而引申為“ 盛大慶典、盛會(huì)、露天表演”。
3. beauty pageant => pageant.

中文詞源

pageant 穿古代服裝的游行，古裝儀式，人生畫(huà)卷

來(lái)自page,頁(yè)碼，書(shū)頁(yè)，-ant,名詞后綴。比喻用法。

英文詞源

pageant (n.)
late 14c., "play in a cycle of mystery plays," from Medieval Latin pagina, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin pagina "page of a book" (see page (n.1)) on notion of "manuscript" of a play.

But an early sense in Middle English also was "stage or scene of a play" (late 14c.) and Klein says a sense of Latin pagina was "movable scaffold" (probably from the etymological sense of "stake"). With excrescent -t as in ancient (adj.). Generalized sense of "showy parade, spectacle" is first attested 1805, though this notion is found in pageantry (1650s).

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. Rain chilled the glittering pageant.
雨使華麗的慶典大為遜色.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. Our pageant represented scenes from history.
我們的露天歷史劇上演一幕幕的歷史事件.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern.
游行盛典將會(huì)是古老與現(xiàn)代的奇特融合。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
1968年8月，婦女在美國(guó)小姐選美大賽舉行了游行示威。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama.
在我看來(lái),一年四季的絢麗景色猶如一出無(wú)盡的動(dòng)人的戲劇.

來(lái)自辭典例句