| 释义 |
cav·al·cade
I. \|kavəl|kād\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, ride on horseback, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare to go on horseback, from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin caballus horse, nag; akin to Greek dialect (Black sea) kaballeion horse-drawn vehicle, Old Slavic kobyla horse; all perhaps of eastern European origin; akin to the source of Finnish hepo horse
1.
a. : a procession of riders or carriages : a company in procession
b. : a train, procession, or sequence of vehicles or ships
2. : a dramatic sequence or pageant : procession, series
< the cavalcade of years >
< the cavalcade of scientific research >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to take part in a cavalcade
< horsemen cavalcading along > |