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Pageant

“Pageant” 可指游行、历史再现或选美大赛等公众庆典,如 beauty pageant;比喻义中 a pageant of wealth 指炫富排场。

  1. “The town holds a summer pageant with floats and music.” (小镇举办有花车与音乐的夏日庆典。)
  2. “She competed in a national pageant as a teenager.” (她少年时参加过全国选美比赛。)
  3. “The inauguration was a pageant of tradition and symbolism.” (就职典礼是一场充满传统与象征的盛大仪式。)

源自中世纪拉丁语 pagina(舞台、场景),经古法语 pageant,原指露天演出的场景。

古典借词演变为英语名词,形容词 pageantry 表示“盛况、排场”。

美国 beauty pageant 文化深远;英国 medieval pageant 常再现历史事件。

  • 固定搭配: “beauty pageant” (选美比赛), “historical pageant” (历史再现庆典), “pageant of” (…的壮观场面)
  • 名词: pageantry

page(书页?)→ 其实联想 parade(游行)+ 盛大场面 = pageant。

“Children in costumes turned the school field into a colorful pageant.” (身着戏服的孩子们把操场变成五彩缤纷的盛会。)