ceremony

ceremony /'seriməni/
  • danh từ
    • nghi thức, nghi lễ
    • sự khách sáo, sự kiểu cách
      • there is no need for ceremony between friends: giữa bạn bè với nhau không cần phải khách sáo
    • to stand on (upon) ceremony
      • (xem) stand
    • without ceremony
      • tự nhiên không khách sáo
 nghi lễ
 nghi thức
  • crossing the line ceremony: nghi thức vượt qua xích đạo

    • Xem thêm: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance



    ceremony

    Từ điển Collocation

    ceremony noun

    1 formal public/religious event

    ADJ. brief, short | quiet, simple | elaborate, glittering | moving, solemn | private, public | formal, important, official, special an official ceremony to welcome the new director | opening the opening ceremony of the Olympic games | closing | award/awards | civil | cake-cutting, dedication, degree, funeral, graduation, inauguration, initiation, marriage, naming, presentation, prize-giving, signing, swearing-in, tea, unveiling, wedding, wreath-laying the Japanese tea ceremony

    VERB + CEREMONY conduct, hold, perform The marriage ceremony was performed by the bishop. | attend, be present at, take part in

    CEREMONY + VERB take place | mark sth a special ceremony to mark the end of the war

    PREP. at a/the ~ the guest of honour at the ceremony | during a/the ~ A lot of people wept during the funeral ceremony. | in a/the ~ They were married in a simple ceremony.

    2 formal behaviour/traditional actions and words

    VERB + CEREMONY stand on I won't stand on ceremony (= be formal).

    PREP. without ~ Without ceremony, the woman slammed the door shut in my face.

    PHRASES pomp and ceremony the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding | with due/great ceremony With due ceremony, he took the oath to become president.

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a formal event performed on a special occasion; ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance

      a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor

    • any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way

      the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine

      he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball

      he disposed of it without ceremony

    • the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion

      an inaugural ceremony

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    ceremonies
    syn.: ceremonial ceremonial occasion observance