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Cavalcade Procession Latin `Kævəl'keid N 骑兵队伍 英 N.骑兵队(A

单词 cavalcade
音标 [`kævəl'keid]
解释 n. 骑兵队伍
红宝书 【英】 n.骑兵队(a procession of horsemen or carriages)
【记】 可以看出caval有'骑 马'之意
字源 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.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】音:铠卫,身穿铠甲的卫士;cave + all 山洞里(隐藏着)全都是骑兵

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