pomp

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒmp/    美 /ˈpɑːmp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. countable,uncountable
    — 'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath plac'd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour.
  2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. countable,uncountable
    — […] a more beautiful expression of joy and thanksgiving than could have been exhibited by all the pomps of a Roman triumph.
动词 v.
  1. To make a pompous display. obsolete
    — pomp'd for those hard trifles
  2. To pamper. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

pomps plural pomps present,singular,third-person pomping participle,present pomped participle,past pomped past pomps present,singular,third-person pomping participle,present pomped participle,past pomped past

词汇关系

衍生词
in one's pomp outpomp pomp and circumstance pompless
相关词
pompous pomposity hypnopompic

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Middle English pomp, pompe, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”).
The verb is derived from Middle English pompen, from pomp, pompe (see above).
词源 2
From Middle English pompen. Possibly an alteration of pampen (English pamp), from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”).
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