cavalcade: [16] Originally, a cavalcade was simply a ride on horseback, often for the purpose of attack: in James I’s Counterblast to tobacco 1604, for example, we find ‘to make some sudden cavalcade upon your enemies’. By the 17th century this had developed to ‘procession on horseback’, and it was not long after that that the present-day, more general ‘procession’ emerged.
The word comes via French cavalcade from Italian cavalcata, a derivative of the verb cavalcare ‘ride on horseback’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *caballicāre, which was based on Latin caballus ‘horse’ (source also of English cavalier and French cheval ‘horse’). In the 20th century, -cade has come to be regarded as a suffix in its own right, meaning ‘procession, show’, and producing such forms as motorcade, aquacade, and even camelcade. => cavalier
cavalcade (n.)
1590s, via Middle French cavalcade (15c.), from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare "to ride on horseback," from Vulgar Latin *caballicare (also source of Spanish cabalgada, Portuguese cavalgata), from Latin caballus (see cavalier). Literally, "a procession on horseback;" in 20c. -cade came to be regarded as a suffix and taken to form motorcade (1913), etc.
实用例句
1. A cavalcade processed through town.
马车队列队从城里经过.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The cavalcade drew together in silence.
马队在静默中靠拢在一起.来自辞典例句
3. J 2 EE platform provides a cavalcade of solution for data persistence.
J2EE平台为管理企业数据持久性提供了丰富的解决方案.来自互联网
4. A great cavalcade went forth from the city to meet the Governor.
一大队人马出城去迎接总督.来自互联网
5. Achieve 25 % to 2030, cross the cavalcade of powerful nation of world marine economy truly.
