rite of passage

短语
大学

n. 通过仪式

发音

UK /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
US /ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
US /ˌɹaɪɾ‿əv-/

词形变化

rites of passage 复数 rites of passage

教材释义与例句

名词

（标志人生重要阶段的）通过仪式

名词

成年仪式；成年礼；之仪式

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person's life to another.

  2. 2.

    Any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage in a person's life to another.

    引申义

    After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first beer. This is a common American rite of passage.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

ritual rite

词源

From rite + of + passage, a calque of French rite de passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909).

来源：wiktionary