- [countable]
a public celebration of a special day or event, usually with bands in the streets and decorated vehicles 游行 the Lord Mayor’s parade 欢迎新市长大游行 St Patrick’s Day parade in New York 纽约市圣帕特里克节庆祝游行
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsb2The parade is held every year. 游行每年举办一次。 Thousands of people were at the parade. 数以千计的人参加了游行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- grand
- colourful/colorful
- …
- have
- hold
- stage
- …
- take place
- ground
- route
- float
- …
- at a/the parade
- on parade
- [countable, uncountable]
a formal occasion when soldiers march or stand in lines so that they can be inspected (= looked at and approved) by their officers or other important people 检阅；阅兵 a military parade 军事检阅 They held a parade to mark the soldiers' return. 他们举行了游行庆祝士兵凯旋。 - on parade
They stood as straight as soldiers on parade. 他们像接受检阅的士兵一样站得笔直。 - (figurative)
The latest software will be on parade at the exhibition. 最新软件将在展览会上展出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- grand
- colourful/colorful
- …
- have
- hold
- stage
- …
- take place
- ground
- route
- float
- …
- at a/the parade
- on parade
- [countable]
a series of things or people 一系列（人或事） - [countable] (especially British English)
(often in names 常用于名称 a street with a row of small shops 有一排小商店的街道 a shopping parade 购物街
- [countable, usually singular] parade of wealth, knowledge, etc. (often disapproving)
an obvious display of something, particularly in order to impress other people 夸示；炫耀 Social media is a constant parade of wealth, happiness, success and vanity. 社交媒体是财富、幸福、成功和虚荣的不断展示。
public celebration公共庆典
of soldiers士兵
series系列
row of shops一排商店
wealth/knowledge财富；知识
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.
Idioms
rain on somebody’s parade
- (informal)
to prevent somebody from enjoying an event; to cause somebody's plans to fail 煞风景；破坏原定的计划