procession
noun /prəˈseʃn/
/prəˈseʃn/
- [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。
Topics Religion and festivalsc1- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grand
- great
- large
- …
- head
- lead
- form
- …
- make its way
- march
- move
- …
- in (a/the) procession
- procession of
- procession through
- …
- a funeral procession
- [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。
- A procession of waiters appeared bearing trays of food.
词源late Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n-), from procedere ‘move forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’.