cavalcade

n. 行列, 骑马行列, 一系列

发音

US /ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/
AU /ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/

词形变化

cavalcades 复数 cavalcades cavalcaded cavalcades 三单 cavalcading cavalcading 现在分词 cavalcaded 过去式 cavalcaded 过去分词

别名

cavalcate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

    骑马行列

  2. 2.

    A ceremonial parade.

  3. 3.

    A trail ride, usually more than one day long.

  4. 4.

    An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.

    引申义

    As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.

v.
  1. 1.

    To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion

    Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

procession

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Latin -icō Late Latin caballicō Old Italian cavalcare Old Italian cavalcatabor. Old French cavalcade French cavalcadebor. English cavalcade From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.

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