a public entertainment in which people dress in historical costumes and give performances of scenes from history 穿古代服装的游行；再现历史场景的娱乐活动 They were filming a colourful pageant about Scotland’s past. 他们正在拍摄一场关于苏格兰过去的多彩庆典。
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a competition for young women in which their beauty, personal qualities and skills are judged 选美比赛 a beauty pageant 选美比赛
- pageant (of something) (literary)
something that is considered as a series of interesting and different events 内容繁杂有趣的场面；盛大华丽的情景 life’s rich pageant 丰富的人生画卷
Word Originlate Middle English pagyn, of unknown origin.