| 单词 | pomp |
| 释义 | pomp (once / 430 pages) n Pomp is a ceremonial display, such as you'd find at the Independence Day parade in your town, where brass bands and men and women in full military dress march to patriotic songs, while citizens wave flags and cheer. Graduation ceremonies–-with gowns, invocations, speeches, and the ceremonial conferring of degrees––are full of pomp. In fact, graduates traditionally march to a tune called "Pomp and Circumstance." Pomp used to be much more closely linked to the word pompous, or self-important, than it is now––an archaic meaning of pomp is over the top, ostentatious or vain. WORD FAMILYpomp: pompous, pomps+/pomposity: pomposities/pompous: pomposity, pompously, pompousness, unpompous USAGE EXAMPLESGrill for about five minutes until golden and bubbling, then serve up with some pomp and ceremony as sprout gratin. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Elle was predicted to be nothing but a curio, tagged on to the end of a festival filled with more obvious surface-level substance and pomp. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) The ceremony will lack much of the pomp and optimism of the original signing in the colonial city of Cartagena on 26 September. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) 1n cheap or pretentious or vain display Syn|Hyper gaudery display, show something intended to communicate a particular impression 2n ceremonial elegance and splendor Syn|Hyper eclat elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste |
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