pageant
英['p?d?(?)nt]
美['p?d??nt]
- n. 盛會；游行；虛飾；露天表演
詞態變化
復數:?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，肯定得有特警陪護，來維持秩序、保護安全。
2. page => pageant: 原意是“戲劇作品”-----后來發展引申為露天的、盛大的與戲劇有關的表演，進而引申為“ 盛大慶典、盛會、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，人生畫卷
來自page,頁碼，書頁，-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).
雙語例句
- 1. Rain chilled the glittering pageant.
- 雨使華麗的慶典大為遜色.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern.
- 游行盛典將會是古老與現代的奇特融合。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
- 1968年8月，婦女在美國小姐選美大賽舉行了游行示威。
來自辭典例句
- 5. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama.
- 在我看來,一年四季的絢麗景色猶如一出無盡的動人的戲劇.
來自辭典例句