单词 | march past |
释义 | march pastn. Originally Military: a formal or ceremonial military review in which troops march in file before a sovereign, commander, reviewing officer, etc. In later use also gen.: a parade or procession. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > review > march past march past1832 marching past1833 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession processionOE precessiona1400 walking1449 pomp1482 solemnity1636 parade1673 promenadea1734 processionade1762 processional1820 march past1832 fly-past1914 paseo1927 1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 323 In marching past the reviewing general—The music or trumpets in two ranks, led by a non-commissioned officer, are in front... Staff officers do not march past.] 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 57 March past by Squadrons. 1862 A. J. Munby Diary 21 Apr. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 120 During the march past, as he rode by at the head of the 19th, he caught sight of me. 1894 Times 1 June 10/1 First the colour was trooped, and then followed a march past in column. 1905 Daily Chron. 19 May 5/5 ‘Gentlemen,’ his Majesty is represented to have said, ‘my regiment's march-past was not altogether brilliant; but I shut both eyes, knowing that one does not defeat the enemy with a march-past.’ 1924 O. W. Campbell Shelley & Unromantics ii. 10 Telling them [sc. Shelley's friends] over is like calling for a march past of the Seven Deadly Sins. 1961 Times 5 June 3/5 The teams [of swimmers] risked a premature ducking by a carefully routed march-past. 1971 D. H. Robinson Raj xviii. 166 There appeared the first ranks of the march-past. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. i. 20/7 The allies were preparing to say farewell with a big rally of marching bands... But last Friday, the three Western envoys in Bonn..were..told there could be no march-past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1832 |
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