embellish

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

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。

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）