pa·rade

noun

/pəˈreɪd/

Idioms

public celebration

[countable] a public celebration of a special day or event, usually with bands in the streets and decorated vehicles游行 synonym procession

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

of soldiers

[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。

see also identification paradeTopics War and conflictb2

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

big
grand
colourful/colorful
…

verb + parade

have
hold
stage
…

parade + verb

take place

parade + noun

ground
route
float
…

preposition

at a/the parade
on parade

series

[countable] a series of things or people一系列（人或事）

Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.每一代人都要经历一系列类似的事。

row of shops

[countable] (especially British English) (often in names) a street with a row of small shops有一排小商店的街道

a shopping parade购物街

Topics Transport by car or lorryc2

wealth/knowledge

[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。

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扫某人的兴；使某人计划泡汤

pa·rade

verb

/pəˈreɪd/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they parade	/pəˈreɪd/ /pəˈreɪd/
he / she / it parades	/pəˈreɪdz/ /pəˈreɪdz/
past simple paraded	/pəˈreɪdɪd/ /pəˈreɪdɪd/
past participle paraded	/pəˈreɪdɪd/ /pəˈreɪdɪd/
-ing form parading	/pəˈreɪdɪŋ/ /pəˈreɪdɪŋ/

walk to celebrate/protest

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to walk somewhere in a formal group of people, in order to celebrate or protest about something游行；游行庆祝；游行示威

The victorious team will parade through the city tomorrow morning.明天上午获胜队将在城内举行庆祝游行。

show in public

[intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk around in a way that makes other people notice you招摇过市；大摇大摆

People were parading up and down showing off their finest clothes.人们走来走去，炫耀着他们最漂亮的服装。

[transitive] parade somebody/something + adv./prep. to show somebody/something in public so that people can see them/it展览；展示

The trophy was paraded around the stadium.奖杯被环绕着体育场进行展示。
The prisoners were paraded in front of the crowd.囚犯被押解示众。
(figurative) He is not one to parade his achievements.他不是一个爱炫耀自己成就的人。

of soldiers

[intransitive, transitive] to come together, or to bring soldiers together, in order to march (= walk formally) in front of other people（使）列队行进，接受检阅

+ adv./prep. The crowds applauded as the guards paraded past.卫队列队走过时，人群鼓掌欢迎。
parade somebody + adv./prep. The colonel paraded his men before the Queen.上校指挥士兵列队行进，接受女王的检阅。

pretend

[intransitive, transitive] to pretend to be, or to make somebody/something seem to be, good or important when they are not（使）冒充，伪装，打扮成

parade as something myth parading as fact外表看似真实的神话
parade somebody/something/yourself as something He paraded himself as a loyal supporter of the party.他把自己伪装成该党的忠实支持者。

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.