pageant

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
    — For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]
  2. A spectacular ceremony.
  3. Ellipsis of beauty pageant. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  4. A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
    — He pageants us.

词形变化

pageants plural pageaunt alternative,obsolete pageants present,singular,third-person pageanting participle,present pageanted participle,past pageanted past pageaunt alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
beauty pageant be part of life's rich pageant pageanteer pageanter pageant fever pageant-goer pageantic pageantitis pageantlike pageantry
相关词
page

词源

词源 1
Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).
词源 2
Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).
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