rite of passage

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/    美 /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/|[ˌɹaɪɾ‿əv-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person's life to another.
    — The passage through the jambs would thus signify regeneration or new birth, which was to be followed by either sacrifice or by the purifying rite of passage through the fire; for although the passages are so narrow that they could not be used as ordinary gates, they were wide enough for this purpose, for the sacrificial victims were always youthful.
  2. Any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage in a person's life to another. broadly
    — After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first beer. This is a common American rite of passage.

词形变化

rites of passage plural

词源

From rite + of + passage, a calque of French rite de passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909).
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