| 单词 | procession |
| 释义 | procession (once / 255 pages) 1n 2n A procession of mimes walking through the streets of your town would be surprising and somewhat terrifying. A line or group of people moving together in a deliberate way is a procession. You're most likely to see a procession during some kind of ceremony, parade, or festival. A line of cars moving together to a cemetery is a funeral procession, and a bunch of parents pushing babies in strollers in a parade are also a procession. Another meaning of procession is any line or succession of people moving continuously, like a procession of local politicians knocking on your door one afternoon. The root of procession is the Latin processio, "marching forward." WORD FAMILYprocession: processional, processions+/procedural: procedurally/procedure: procedural, procedures/proceed: procedure, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds, procession/processional: processionally, processionals USAGE EXAMPLESHe interrupted the closing procession and singing of "May Choirs of Angels" to draw mourners' attention to a painting of Gabor’s horse. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Organisers said there were "limited torches and wristbands" for the Torchlight Procession. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) A paused clip was projected against the wall as they waited for the procession of pitches to begin. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression retreat the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) push an effort to advance career, life historythe general progression of your working or professional life marcha steady advance clear sailing, easy going, plain sailingeasy unobstructed progress leapfrogadvancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another 2n the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation 2processions were forbidden Hypo|Hyper convoy a procession of land vehicles traveling together caravan, train, wagon traina procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file cavalcadea procession of people traveling on horseback marcha procession of people walking together motorcadea procession of people traveling in motor cars paradea ceremonial procession including people marching cortegea funeral procession recession, recessionalthe withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service hunger marcha march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed callathump, callithump, callithump paradea noisy boisterous parade group action action taken by a group of people accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collectionseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole n (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son Syn|Hyper emanation, rise inception, origin, origination an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
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