单词乎

embellish

音标[im'beliʃ]

汉语翻译

vt. 修饰, 装饰, 润色

词型变化

名词:embellisher 动词过去式:embellished 过去分词:embellished 现在分词:embellishing 第三人称单数:embellishes 

英语解释

动词 embellish:

  1. add details to
    同义词:embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
  2. be beautiful to look at
    同义词:deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify
  3. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
    同义词:decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify
  4. make more beautiful
    同义词:fancify, beautify, prettify

例句

  1. He often embellishes the tales of his travels.
    他常给他的旅游趣闻添枝加叶。
  2. My daughter wears a dress embellished with lace and ribbons today.
    今天我女儿穿了一件有花边和饰带的连衣裙。

详细解释


em.bel.lish

v.tr.(及物动词)
em.bel.lished,em.bel.lish.ing,em.bel.lish.es
To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate.
装饰修饰:如通过装修使美化;装饰
To add ornamental or fictitious details to:
添加细节:添加修饰性的或想象的细节于…:
例句:
a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.
对这个真实故事添加的异想天开的解释


来源:
Middle English embelishen
中古英语 embelishen
from Old French embellir embelliss-
源自 古法语 embellir embelliss-
en- [causative pref.] * see en-
en- [使役前缀] *参见 en-
bel [beautiful] from Latin bellus * see deu- 2
bel [美丽的] 源自 拉丁语 bellus *参见 deu- 2

【引伸】
embel.lisher
n.(名词)

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