• n. 盛況；浮華；壯麗；夸耀
• n. (Pomp)人名；(德、匈)蓬普

來自古法語pompe,盛況，盛典，壯觀的儀式，來自拉丁語pompa,游行，行列，來自希臘語pompe,莊嚴的儀式，行列，古希臘時期的重要節日，如祭祀酒神Dionysus,來自pempein,派遣，送出，行進。后詞義貶義化為炫耀，展示，講排場等。

pomp

pomp: [14] Greek pompé meant literally ‘sending’ (it was derived from the verb pémpein ‘send’). But it came to be used metaphorically for a ‘solemn procession or parade’ (as being something that was ‘sent out’ on its way), and hence for the concomitant ‘display’ or ‘ostentation’, and passed with these senses into Latin as pompa. They survived into English, but ‘procession’ has gradually died out.

pomp (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French pompe "pomp, magnificence" (13c.) and directly from Latin pompa "procession, pomp," from Greek pompe "solemn procession, display," literally "a sending," from pempein "to send." In Church Latin, used in deprecatory sense for "worldly display, vain show."

1. all the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding

王室婚禮的盛大場面與儀式

來自《權威詞典》

2. The official was accompanied by all the pomp of his high position.

那位官員所到之處威風十足.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The coronation was conducted with great pomp.

加冕禮盛大而隆重.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The Prince was welcomed with warmth, but not with all the pomp and circumstance he was used to.

王子受到了熱烈的歡迎, 不過沒有他所習慣的隆重儀式.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He strongly opposed the ceremonial pomp of the Confucians.

他強烈反對儒家過分推崇禮教.

來自英漢非文學 - 文明史