pageant

"pageant"是英語名詞，核心含義包括選美比賽、盛大慶典和露天表演，亦可引申為虛飾的展示行為。其詞源可追溯至14世紀中古英語"pagent"，最初指宗教神秘劇的馬車巡演舞台。

該詞涵蓋兩類主要場景：一是以外貌與才華展示為核心的選美競賽（如"beauty pageant"），二是歷史紀念或節日慶典的遊行演出（如"Royal Pageant"）。相關術語包括特指禮服的"Pageant Dress"和俚語化活動名稱"Porkchop pageant"。

歷史上，中世紀時期"pageant"多指宗教故事的露天戲劇表演，後逐漸演變為君主加冕等重大事件的慶典形式。20世紀後隨大眾娛樂發展，詞義擴展至商業選美賽事，從宗教敘事載體轉型為兼具文化展示與娛樂功能的公共活動形式。

基本介紹

• 外文名：pageant
• 詞性：名詞
• 英式發音：[ˈpædʒənt]
• 美式發音：[ˈpædʒənt]

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

pageant /ˈpædʒənt/ TEM8 ( pageants )

1.N-COUNT A pageant or a beauty pageant is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful. 選美大賽

2.N-COUNT A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held outdoors and often celebrate events or people from history. 盛大慶典 (通常為露天的)

短語搭配

The Pageant 盛會

Pageant Dress 宴會禮服

American Pageant 美國歷史

Pageant Judge 史丹李

splendid pageant 露天表演

pageant n 露天表演

special pageant 節日慶典布置

Porkchop pageant 豬扒盛會

Royal Pageant 皇家盛會

雙語例句

• This was an historical pageant, representing the King's immediate progenitors. 這是一次歷史性的盛會，代表國王的直系祖先。
• He followed the pageant through all its devious windings about London, and all the way to Westminster and the Abbey. 他跟著遊行隊伍，穿過倫敦所有迂迴曲折的彎路，一直走到威斯敏士特宮和大教堂。
• The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern. 這次旅行可望是一次古典與現代風格的不尋常的組合。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• The pageant broke up and grouped itself picturesquely, and remained bareheaded. 御駕的行列分開了，他們美觀地排列成幾組，仍然不戴帽子。
• At this instant, the shining pageant appears, and files in at the door, with a measured march. 就在這個時候，光彩奪目的隊伍出現了，邁著整齊的步伐從門口魚貫而入。
• Merlin arranged a pageant where many knights came to try their luck at pulling a sword out of a stone. 梅林安排了一場表演，讓許多騎士來碰碰運氣，試著從石頭中拔出一把劍。
• Set Pageant to start whenever you login. 要把Pageant設定為在您登錄Windows時啟動。
• The pageant itself ran far into the night. 選美比賽本身直到深夜才開始。
• Secondly, the 2008 Olympics will be a red pageant. 其次，二零零八年的奧林匹克運動會將是一次紅色的盛會。
• Official media had also reported on the pageant. 官方媒體也有關於這次選美的報導。
• The coronation of the new king was a splendid pageant。 新國王的加冕典禮非常壯觀。
• The Miss World pageant will be held in Warsaw on September 30. 世界小姐選美大賽將於9月30日在華沙舉行。
• A place to live, a part in the great pageant of life here. 有地方住，是這兒生活盛況的一部分。
• The Miss USA pageant has been dogged by controversy in recent years. 近年來，美國小姐比賽一直被醜聞所籠罩
• Sanya has hosted the Miss World pageant five times in the past decade. 三亞在過去十年承辦了5屆世界小姐比賽
• "When I went into the pageant, people were like, 'Who is this girl?"' she said. 當我走上舞台時，人們的反應就好像在說，‘這個女孩兒是誰？’
• I spent most of the first three days at the convention fulfilling my role in this pageant. 我在會議的頭三天，花了大量時間在這個盛會上履行我的角色。
• The Miss Universe Pageant, like most pageants, does not formally call itself a "beauty" pageant. 環球小姐的活動，正如大多數的活動一樣，並不正式稱呼自己為一個“選美”活動。
• Seville, Spain: Fatima Jimenez holds a bouquet of flowers after winning the Miss Sevilla pageant. 西班牙，塞維亞：法蒂瑪·希門尼斯贏得塞維亞小姐選美冠軍後，手持一束鮮花。
• Sonia Sotomayor may never win a Miss America pageant, but boohoo, she's a Supreme Court justice. 索妮亞·索托馬約爾或許永遠當不了美國小姐，可嗚呼，她當上了最高法院的法官。
• Pageant prompts you, after you login, for your SSH passphrase; then it saves the unlocked key for you. 登錄之後，Pageant提示輸入ssh密碼；然後它替您保存解鎖後的密鑰。
• A cat is pictured during the international cat pageant contest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 17, 2010. 圖為參加國際貓咪選美大賽的貓咪。國際貓咪選美大賽於7月17日在阿根廷首都布宜諾斯艾利斯舉行。
• Two years later, in 1984, Palin, then 20, entered a local beauty pageant to earn college scholarship money. 兩年後的1984年，20歲的佩林參加了一場地區性的選美比賽，得到了一筆大學獎學金。
• However, when she's on the pageant circuit or making appearances as Miss Delaware, it's a different story. 然而在她參與選美巡迴表演或者作為德拉華小姐亮相的時候，就是不同的故事了。
• Space is no longer the stage on which the pageant of existence is played out; it becomes part of the drama. 空間不再是“存在”的戲劇上演的舞台，而是戲劇的一部分。
• The pageant started as a local bathing suit revue in Long Beach, California, organized by a swimwear company. 整個賽事從加州長灘當地的一個泳衣節目開始，由一家泳裝公司組織。