| 单词 | motorcade |
| 释义 | motorcade (once / 12508 pages) n A motorcade is a line of cars traveling together, usually slowly and ceremonially. If the President comes to town, you are bound to see a motorcade. When the President travels to give a speech, part of the trip usually occurs in a motorcade. In the case of a powerful person like a world leader, a motorcade is mainly made up of Secret Service agents providing security. A funeral motorcade is comprised of the cars of mourners, and sometimes a hearse carrying the deceased person's body. Motorcade borrowed -cade from cavalcade, a procession on horseback, turning it into a suffix in the early 1900s. WORD FAMILYmotorcade: motorcades USAGE EXAMPLESThe president’s motorcade left the first family’s vacation rental home in Kailua amidst scattered rain showers. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) A gentle breeze rustled palm trees Wednesday as the president’s motorcade traveled from his Kailua vacation home to a nearby Marine Corps base gym. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) The president’s motorcade departed his family’s Kailua beachfront rental home at 9:40 a.m. and arrived at the botanical garden at 10 a.m. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) n a procession of people traveling in motor cars Hyper procession the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation |
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