rite of passage

成人仪式,成年仪式,成长仪式,成年礼

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- : any important act or event that serves to mark a passage from one stage of life to another.

nounritual performed for change of status

Synonyms

She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
Going to The Ball, signing up for JDate, downloading JSwipe are all modern-day rites of passage.
We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
This important rite was just completed, when a packet was put into Ripperda's hand from Spain.
This work is now lost, and we know it only by the abstract given by Photius in the passage quoted.

成人仪式,成年仪式,成长仪式,成年礼

n.名词 noun

1
- : Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- : any important act or event that serves to mark a passage from one stage of life to another.

nounritual performed for change of status

Synonyms

She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
Going to The Ball, signing up for JDate, downloading JSwipe are all modern-day rites of passage.
We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
This important rite was just completed, when a packet was put into Ripperda's hand from Spain.
This work is now lost, and we know it only by the abstract given by Photius in the passage quoted.