pageants

英 [ˈpædʒənts]

美 [ˈpædʒənts]

n.  穿古代服装的游行; 再现历史场景的娱乐活动; 选美比赛; 内容繁杂有趣的场面; 盛大华丽的情景
pageant的复数

柯林斯词典

• 盛装游行（或庆典）；露天历史剧
  Apageantis a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors and often celebrate events or people from history.
• N-COUNT 选美比赛
  Apageantor abeauty pageantis a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 'Pageants give her the same opportunity as other children and show people that she can accomplish anything with a little bit of help,' her mother, Tammy Carey, added.
  舞蹈比赛给了她和其他孩子同样的机会，让她能够在人们面前展示：只要一点点帮助，她就能完成任何事。
• I'm not just talking about the recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance or the Thanksgiving pageants at school or the fireworks on the Fourth of July, as wonderful as those things may be.
  我指的不仅仅是诵读效忠誓言（PledgeofAllegiance），不仅仅是学校热烈庆祝感恩节的活动，也不仅仅是7月4日盛放的烟火，不论这些场景多么激动人心。
• Forget beauty pageants and tween talent shows, modern stage parents have a new outlet to push their children into the fame game: the Internet.
  别管什么选美和才艺比赛了，现在的爸爸妈妈可以通过网络让自己的孩子一夜成名。
• It is young people who favor holding beauty pageants.
  赞成举办选美的是年轻人。
• Suggested answer: Miss Universe is one of the most famous beauty pageants in the world.
  参考答案：环球小姐是世界上最著名的选美活动之一。
• Does your country need someone to drive around and watch pageants and shake hands with politicians?
  你的国家需要人到处巡游，出席盛会，并和政治家握手吗？
• And for the custom, it is fashionable for a child to name after Buddha, for women to dress in Buddhist style, and for setting up feasts and pageants to follow Buddha's birth date.
  第四，在生活习俗上，生子取名用佛号、妇女化妆用佛装（妆）、节日庆典遵佛诞等成为时尚。
• Parents claim that the pageants make their children happy, and teach them self-confidence.
  父母们宣称，选美让他们的孩子快乐，并教给他们自信。
• She only learnt to walk five months ago, but 'Baby Beyonc' is already strutting her stuff on stage at pageants.
  虽然她五个月之前才刚学会走路，但是这个被人们称作宝贝碧昂斯的小宝宝已经开始在各种盛会的舞台上展露风采了。
• Most pageants have a historical flavour as they usually come about through the celebration of the anniversary of some event of historic importance, or the life or death of some local worthy.
  大多数露天演出都带有历史情调，因为这些戏一般是通过庆祝某个重大的历史事件，或庆祝当地某个值得纪念的人诞辰或逝世周年而产生的。