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单词 pomp
释义
pomppomp /pɒmp $ pɑːmp/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpomp
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French pompe, from Greek, ‘procession’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All pluck and pomp, it rang throughout the hall in dulcet tones as never before.
  • All that space, all that pomp, for just a bit of food.
  • General Meade cared but little for the pomp and parade of war.
  • He chafes at the pomp and security that has descended on him with his new post.
  • No amount of display or pomp is going to increase it, or lack of it detract.
  • Prestige, if nothing else, demanded that it be entered into with due pomp and circumstance.
  • The people responsible for pomp and circumstance recognize this.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The Queen’s birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony.
 all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing
formal all the impressive clothes, decorations, music etc that are traditional for an important official or public ceremony:  The Queen’s birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing
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