late 14c., "play in a cycle of mystery plays," from Medieval Latin pagina, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin pagina "page of a book" (see page (n.1)) on notion of "manuscript" of a play.
But an early sense in Middle English also was "stage or scene of a play" (late 14c.) and Klein says a sense of Latin pagina was "movable scaffold" (probably from the etymological sense of "stake"). With excrescent -t as in ancient (adj.). Generalized sense of "showy parade, spectacle" is first attested 1805, though this notion is found in pageantry (1650s).
实用例句
1. Rain chilled the glittering pageant.
雨使华丽的庆典大为逊色.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Our pageant represented scenes from history.
我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern.
游行盛典将会是古老与现代的奇特融合。
来自柯林斯例句
4. In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
1968年8月，妇女在美国小姐选美大赛举行了游行示威。
来自辞典例句
5. To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama.
