| 单词 | ceremony |
| 释义 | ceremony (once / 115 pages) n A ceremony is a formal event held on special occasions such as weddings and graduations. Even if an occasion isn’t traditionally honored with a ceremony, you can hold one anyway; we know your cat’s third birthday is important. Ceremony can also refer to proper, formal behavior; someone who insists on behaving properly can be said to “stand on ceremony.” If you insist on standing up and shaking hands every time you’re introduced to someone, you're a person who stands on ceremony. If you prefer to sit back and offer a casual “Hey,” you're a person who acts “without ceremony.” WORD FAMILYceremony: ceremonial, ceremonies, ceremonious+/ceremonial: ceremonially, ceremonials, unceremonial/ceremonious: ceremoniously, ceremoniousness, unceremonious/unceremonial: unceremonially/unceremonious: unceremoniously, unceremoniousness USAGE EXAMPLESThe public swearing-in and inauguration ceremony are scheduled for 11 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Below are 10 other songs that Trump might want to consider for his inauguration ceremony. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) That year, her first Oscars season, Ms. Bening playfully deflected personal questions about her budding romance and attended the ceremony with her parents. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a formal event performed on a special occasion a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor Syn|Hypo|Hyper ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance circumstance formal ceremony about important occasions funerala ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated hymeneals, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremonythe social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed pageant, pageantrya rich and spectacular ceremony dedicationa ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose openinga ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise commemoration, memorialisation, memorializationa ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something military ceremonya formal ceremony performed by military personnel induction, initiation, installationa formal entry into an organization or position or office exercise(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches fire walkingthe ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers formalities, formalitya requirement of etiquette or custom Maundya public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money potlatcha ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) inaugural, inaugurationthe ceremonial induction into a position burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulturethe ritual placing of a corpse in a grave sky buriala traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures rededicationa new dedication coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiturethe ceremony of installing a new monarch bar mitzvah(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercisean academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion a vaguely specified social event 2n any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball he disposed of it without ceremony Hypo|Hyper chanoyu, tea ceremony an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea activity any specific behavior 3n the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion an inaugural ceremony Hypo|Hyper groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project purgation, purificationa ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites lustruma ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census religious ceremony, religious rituala ceremony having religious meaning military ceremonya military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary presentationthe activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward) agape, love feasta religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship religious rite, ritean established ceremony prescribed by a religion divine service, religious service, servicethe act of public worship following prescribed rules sacramenta formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction confirmationa ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism sanctificationa religious ceremony in which something is made holy Oblation, religious offeringthe act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist inunction, unctionanointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual libationthe act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony Mass(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist activity any specific behavior |
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