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单词 parade
释义 pa·rade
I. \pəˈrād, in rapid speech ˈpr-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from parer to prepare, adorn + -ade — more at pare
1.
 a. : a pompous show : formal display : exhibition
  < make an important parade of doing nothing — James Hilton >
  < could not be restrained from making rather an ostentatious parade of his liberality — Charles Dickens >
  < wanted to find people as they always were, not on parade — Margaret Biddle >
  < from early spring to late fall there is a constant parade of gorgeous color — American Guide Series: Massachusetts >
  < puts human flummery and pretentiousness on parade in a crowded gallery of portraits — C.J. Rolo >
 b. : listing, recital
  < a radio program parade >
  < the book … is a pleasant parade of the things he has enjoyed most — Saturday Review >
  < a parade of popular songs >
 c. Britain : a style show or display of fashions by mannequins
2.
 a. : the ceremonial formation of a body of troops before its commanding or other high officer typically involving exercises in the manual of arms, a report on the numbers of the various units present or accounted for, and the publication of orders and ending with a review; also : any of various other ceremonial formations of a body of troops
 b. : a place where troops assemble for regular formations or ceremonies
 c. : troops that take part in a ceremonial formation
3.
 a. : an informal march or procession
  < a parade of witness testified >
  < a parade of more outstanding singers than could possibly be cast in a single opera — Miles Kastendieck >
 b. : a formal public procession : the movement of any body of people or things marshaled in something like military order
  < a parade of firemen >
  < a circus parade >
  < a boat parade >
 c. : a showy array or succession
  < a parade of linament bottles along the chimneypiece — Elizabeth Bowen >
  < a parade of long-distance pipelines — Gardiner Symonds >
  < slash pockets at the hips, from which a parade of box pleats starts around the back — Lois Long >
  < discriminative sensing of the down-the-years parade of American attitudes — C.L.Carmer >
 d. : a movement in favor of a particular policy or action
  < joined the propaganda parade — J.B.Reston >
  < join the UN parade in accepting the Indian plan — Mark Feer >
4. : a place where people promenade : a public walk, square, or promenade
5.
 a. : those who parade : an assembly of promenaders
 b. : an assembly of people
  < there have been meets … at various places — annual parades — R.E.Meyer >
Synonyms: see display
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to assemble (as troops) in formation : cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously : marshal
2. : to promenade (a place)
 < veiled female had been parading the docks — T.B.Costain >
3. : to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner : show off
 < the ugly woman does not parade herself vainly — Irish Digest >
 < lavish floats are paraded up and down the river — Green Peyton >
 < politicians … have paraded their artistic incapacity as a virtue — Times Literary Supplement >
 < ladies and gentlemen … paraded their fine manners, wit, and charm — H.J.Muller >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to march or take part in a procession
  < this army of penguins would parade along the beach — H.A.Chippendale >
  < mob of thousands recently paraded through Mustafa Kamal Square in Cairo — H.C. Atyeo >
  < freighters parade in and out of the Capes — American Guide Series: Virginia >
 b. : to form a review
2.
 a. : to walk up and down
  < parade beneath the balcony — Elizabeth Bowen >
  < down on the wharf the sentry paraded stiffly — K.M.Dodson >
 b. : to promenade especially for showing off
  < ladies wore black in the morning but in the afternoon paraded in dashing silk gowns — C.L. Jones >
3.
 a. : show off
  < drove so well, so quietly, without making any disturbance, without parading to her — Jane Austen >
 b. : masquerade
  < myths which parade as modern science — M.R.Cohen >
  < dogmatism parading as enlightenment — Eric Partridge >
Synonyms: see show
III. \pəˈräd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from parer to parry + -ade — more at parry
: parry
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