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单词 panoply
释义 pan·o·ply
\-lē, -li\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Greek panoplia, from pan- + hopla armor, arms (plural of hoplon tool, implement) + -ia -y — more at hoplite
1.
 a. : a full suit of armor (as of a hoplite or knight)
 b. : ceremonial attire
  < in the panoply of ostrich-feather head-dress, cape, gleaming spear, shield, sword, club, painted face and leg ornaments — G.W.B.Huntingford >
  : dress uniform
2. : something resembling armor in being a protective covering
 < faces dim in a panoply of smoke — William Baucke >
 < tradition has become not a sword … but a panoply behind which to hide from the world — Max Lerner >
3.
 a. : a magnificent or impressive array
  < woods … in their full panoply of autumn foliage — S.P.B.Mais >
  < serving in the endless panoply of jobs for which it is uniquely qualified — Aero Digest >
  : splendid display : pomp
  < the military panoply of an empire on parade — Newsweek >
  < performed in a grand manner full of panoply and ringing sound — Herbert Weinstock >
 b. : a display of all appropriate appurtenances
  < a colossal land speculation that assumed the full panoply of sovereignty — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager >
  < windows … behind which the usual panoply of modern mechanical conveniences can brazenly flourish — Lewis Mumford >
4. : a group of pieces of armor forming a collection of trophies, an emblem, or an ornament
 < sports shirts of a fine lightweight wool printed with … panoplies of arms and medieval figures — New Yorker >
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