parade

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pa·rade1 /pəˈreɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  DLOCELEBRATEa public celebration when musical bands, brightly decorated vehicles etc move down the street 〔庆祝〕游行；列队行进 a victory parade 胜利游行 the St Patrick’s Day parade 圣帕特里克节庆祝游行2  PMa military ceremony in which soldiers stand or march together so that important people can examine them 阅兵式 a military parade 军事检阅on parade (=be standing or marching in a parade) 在接受检阅；在列队行进 troops on parade 接受检阅的部队3  LINEa line of people moving along so that other people can watch them 列队表演，展示 a fashion parade 时装表演4  a series of people, events etc that seems to never end 一连串没完没了的人[事]parade of She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her. 不断有年轻男子来看她。5. British EnglishTTRBBT a street with a row of small shops 商业街 → identification parade, hit parade

Examples from the Corpus

parade• The city has a parade every 4th of July.• A parade of scientists and scholars told the panel that the risks of nuclear smuggling were real and rising.• When Johnson arrived home after the championships a big parade was held in his honour.• In June 1969 a proposed Connolly commemoration parade through Belfast city centre was bitterly opposed by loyalists.• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade• It welled up, reclaiming its rightful position in the hit parade of the senses: No.• He was not even among the long parade of speakers on that day.• Her island had a twenty-foot movie screen, a pantomime parade, carnival.• Most of the groups from the parade have information booths.• Metro stations were temporarily jammed after the inaugural ceremony and toward the end of the parade.• A lot of soldiers were missing from the Victory parade.parade of• For the next six hours, he treated an endless parade of sick children.

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parade2 verb  1  protest/celebrate 抗议/庆祝 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]PPGPROTEST to walk or march together to celebrate or protest about something 游行；列队行进parade around/past etc The marchers paraded peacefully through the capital. 游行队伍有秩序地列队穿过首都。2  show STH 展示某物 [transitive]SHOW OFF if you parade your skills, knowledge, possessions etc, you show them publicly in order to make people admire you 夸示，炫耀〔财产、知识等〕 SYN show off Young athletes will get a chance to parade their skills. 年轻运动员将有机会一展身手。3  walk around 四处走动 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]WALK to walk around, especially in a way that shows that you want people to notice and admire you 〔尤指炫耀地〕走来走去，招摇而过parade around/past etc A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down. 三个女孩穿着极紧身的短裤招摇过市。4  show SB 展示某人 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]SHOW/LET somebody SEE something if prisoners are paraded on television or through the streets, they are shown to the public, in order to prove that the people holding them are important or powerful 把〔囚犯〕示众 The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras. 囚犯被带到电视镜头前曝光。5  proudly show 炫耀 [transitive] to proudly show something or someone to other people, because you want to look impressive to them 展示；炫耀 SYN show off She paraded her new team. 她炫耀自己的新团队。 war medals paraded for public admiration 为供民众瞻仰而展示的战争勋章6. soldiers 士兵 [intransitive, transitive]PMA if soldiers parade, or if an officer parades them, they march together so that an important person can watch them （使）列队行进接受检阅7  parade as something/be paraded as something PRETENDif something parades as something else that is better, someone is pretending that it is the other better thing – used to show disapproval 冒充为某事物/被冒充为某事物〔含贬义〕 It’s just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare. 这貌似关心你的幸福，实则只是自私自利。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

parade• Read in studio Police are parading a range of race and rally cars in an attempt to make speeding motorists slow down.• It paraded before the court a series of witnesses who had been swindled by the Davis family.• We paraded down the aisle, tapping loudly with our canes and shouting and whistling to the crowd.• But when the celebs paraded for Reagan 20 years ago, Republicans had no such scruples.• Exhorting him to breathe deeply they paraded him up and down beside the wire fence.• The senator loves parading his beautiful new wife before the nation.• The President stood as a battalion of soldiers paraded past him.• Have paraded the tasteless christmas jumper though.• celebrities who parade their perfect marriages before the TV cameras• One by one they paraded themselves on to the stage and stalled there, brazen and embarrassed.• The captured soldiers were paraded through the streets of the city.• The captured pilots were paraded through the town.• Some people love to show up and parade through.• On Sunday mornings, fashionable young couples parade up and down the Boulevard St Michel.parade around/past etc• As soon as you have established these, systematically evaluate any management fashion being paraded around.• The child sprang a little awkwardly from his chair and began to parade around his table.• Maybe they thought she got what she deserved for parading around on television in a bathing suit.• Paisley about faced and led the parade around the block so that it now came upon Fisherwick Place from the west.• He then dressed in her clothes and paraded around the campus for hours until he was arrested.• He got back on his feet, and they all made another parade around the stage.• They were paraded around while householders took their pick, a routine familiar to refugee children who had passed through Dovercourt.parade around/past etc• As soon as you have established these, systematically evaluate any management fashion being paraded around.• The child sprang a little awkwardly from his chair and began to parade around his table.• Maybe they thought she got what she deserved for parading around on television in a bathing suit.• Paisley about faced and led the parade around the block so that it now came upon Fisherwick Place from the west.• He then dressed in her clothes and paraded around the campus for hours until he was arrested.• He got back on his feet, and they all made another parade around the stage.• They were paraded around while householders took their pick, a routine familiar to refugee children who had passed through Dovercourt.Origin parade1 (1600-1700) French Old French parer “to prepare”

pa·rade1 nounparade2 verbChineseSyllable  

decorated a public Corpus musical celebration bands, when brightly

parade

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pa‧rade¹ /pəˈreɪd/ noun [countable]1. a public celebration when musical bands, brightly decorated vehicles etc move down the street:
    a victory parade
    the St Patrick’s Day parade
2. a military ceremony in which soldiers stand or march together so that important people can examine them:
    a military parade
    on parade (=be standing or marching in a parade)
    troops on parade
3. a line of people moving along so that other people can watch them:
    a fashion parade
4. a series of people, events etc that seems to never end
    parade of
    She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.
5. British English a street with a row of small shops
⇨ identification parade, hit parade

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parade² verb
1.  PROTEST/CELEBRATE  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk or march together to celebrate or protest about something
    parade around/past etc
    The marchers paraded peacefully through the capital.
2.  SHOW SOMETHING  [transitive] if you parade your skills, knowledge, possessions etc, you show them publicly in order to make people admire you
   SYN  show off:
    Young athletes will get a chance to parade their skills.
3.  WALK AROUND  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk around, especially in a way that shows that you want people to notice and admire you
    parade around/past etc
    A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down.
4.  SHOW SOMEBODY  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if prisoners are paraded on television or through the streets, they are shown to the public, in order to prove that the people holding them are important or powerful:
    The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras.
5.  PROUDLY SHOW  [transitive] to proudly show something or someone to other people, because you want to look impressive to them
   SYN  show off:
    She paraded her new team.
    war medals paraded for public admiration
6.  SOLDIERS  [intransitive and transitive] if soldiers parade, or if an officer parades them, they march together so that an important person can watch them
7. parade as something/be paraded as something if something parades as something else that is better, someone is pretending that it is the other better thing – used to show disapproval:
    It’s just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare.