procession

noun

/prəˈseʃn/

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[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.他们借了我的卡车参加狂欢节游行。
Topics Religion and festivalsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- 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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[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。

Word Originlate Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n-), from procedere ‘move forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’.