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procession

noun
🔊/prəˈseʃn/
🔊/prəˈseʃn/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a line of people or vehicles that move along slowly, especially as part of a ceremony; the act of moving in this way（人或车辆的）队列，行列；列队行进；游行
    • a funeral procession送葬的队列
    • a torchlight procession火炬游行队伍
    • The procession made its way down the hill.队伍走下山了。🔊🔊
    • in procession Groups of unemployed people from all over the country marched in procession to the capital.来自全国的失业群众列队向首都进发。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The mayor of the town led the procession to the central square.镇长率领游行队伍来到了镇中心的广场。
    • They borrowed my truck for the carnival procession.他们借我的卡车去狂欢。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • grand
    • great
    • large
    • …
    verb + procession
    • head
    • lead
    • form
    • …
    procession + verb
    • make its way
    • march
    • move
    • …
    preposition
    • in (a/​the) procession
    • procession of
    • procession through
    • …
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  2. [countable] a number of people who come one after the other（一个接着一个而来的）一队人，一列人
    • A procession of waiters appeared bearing trays of food.一长列服务生端着一盘一盘饭菜出现了。🔊🔊
    • We've had an endless procession of new secretaries through the office since Amy left.自从埃米离开后，我们办公室就像走马灯一样地换秘书。
    3. Word Originlate Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n-), from procedere ‘move forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’.