ceremonial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌsɛɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/    美 /ˌsɛɹɪˈmoʊniəl/|/ˌseɹɪˈməʉniəl/|/ˌseɹɪˈmɐʉniəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. countable,uncountable
    — Curt’sies, and the usual Ceremonials between Women who are Strangers to each other being past, Sophia said, ‘I have not the Pleasure to know you, Madam.’
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.
    — What mockery will it be / To want the bridegroom when the priest attends / To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!
  2. Used only for the purpose of ceremony; symbolic.
  3. Synonym of ceremonious (“of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious”). obsolete
    — Oh monstrous, superstitious puritan, / Of refin’d manners, yet ceremoniall man, […]

词形变化

more ceremonial comparative most ceremonial superlative cæremonial alternative ceremonials plural cæremonial alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
anticeremonial ceremonial county ceremonial first pitch ceremonialise ceremonialism ceremonialist ceremonially ceremonial marriage ceremonialness nonceremonial preceremonial semiceremonial unceremonial

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
词源 2
From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
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