Pageantry is the grand public show around a big event: special clothes, flags, music, slow walking in a line, everything made to look rich and important. A royal wedding has pageantry; a national-day parade has pageantry.

Pageantry排場 around a big event圍繞重大場合的 the grand public show盛大公開場面：special clothes, flags, music, slow walking in a line特別的服裝、旗幟、音樂、緩慢排成一列行進，everything made to look rich and important一切都做得看起來富麗堂皇。A royal wedding皇室婚禮 has pageantry有排場；a national-day parade國慶遊行 has pageantry也有排場。

The word names the colour and formal air of the whole scene, not one person in a costume. A pageant is often the event itself; pageantry is the dressed-up feeling that event is wrapped in.

The word這個詞 names指的是 the colour and formal air of the whole scene整個場面的色彩與正式氛圍，not one person in a costume而不是某一個穿戲服的人。A pageant一個pageant（會演） is often通常指的是 the event itself活動本身；pageantry而pageantry則 is是 that event is wrapped in那活動所包裹的 the dressed-up feeling那種盛裝打扮的感覺。

You will hear it in news about kings and state days, and in history writing, more than in ordinary chat. It feels a little grand and bookish.

more than in ordinary chat比起日常閒聊 you will hear it你更常聽到這個詞 in news about kings and state days在講國王和國定假日的新聞裡，and in history writing還有歷史寫作裡。It這個詞 feels聽起來 a little grand and bookish有點宏大又書卷氣。

Though actually, people also use it with a tired smile, for empty show — a lot of dressing up and not much underneath. We speak of pageantry, not “a pageantry.”

Though actually不過實際上 people also use it人們也會用這個詞 with a tired smile帶著無奈的笑容 for empty show來指空洞的排場——a lot of dressing up and not much underneath外表打扮很多，內裡卻沒什麼東西。We speak of pageantry我們會說pageantry，not 'a pageantry'不會說'a pageantry'。