Pageant



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 壮观的游行; 露天历史剧
• ［英］ n. 壮观的游行 ( a spectacular exhibition)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: page ( 页) +ant ( 蚂蚁) , 一页蚂蚁 -> 游行_
• ［例］ There was one contestant from each state at the beauty pageant.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English pagyn, padgeant, literally, scene of a play, from Anglo-French pagine, pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina, perhaps from Latin, page
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a mere show ; pretense
  • b. an ostentatious display
• 2. show, exhibition; especially an elaborate colorful exhibition or spectacle often with music that consists of a series of tableaux, of a loosely unified drama, or of a procession usually with floats
• 3. pageantry 1

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