| 单词 | decoration |
| 释义 | decoration (dekəreɪʃən ) Word forms: decorations 1. uncountable noun [oft with poss] B2 The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments. The decoration and furnishings had to be practical enough for a family home. With its simple decoration, the main bedroom is a peaceful haven. 2. variable noun B2 Decorations are features that are added to something in order to make it look more attractive. The only wall decorations are candles and a single mirror. The planting of winter and spring-flowering bulbs will supply colourful decoration at a time when most gardens are looking fairly desolate. 3. countable noun [usually plural] B2 Decorations are brightly coloured objects such as pieces of paper and balloons, which you put up in a room on special occasions to make it look more attractive. Festive paper decorations had been hung from the ceiling. 4. countable noun A decoration is an official title or honour which is given to someone, usually in the form of a medal, as a reward for military bravery or public service. He was awarded several military decorations. Synonyms: medal, award, order, star 5. See also decorate Collocations: cake decoration Decorate each one with a cake decoration, stuck on with 'glue' made from icing sugar mixed with water. The Sun Brain surgery and microbiology clearly come into the first category; journalism, busking, hod-carrying, stand-up comedy and cake decoration into the second. Times, Sunday Times You must call people like me endlessly, asking for our favourite cake decoration, and if we were a contagious disease, which disease would we be? Times, Sunday Times If you give a group of insomniacs a cake decoration masquerading as a sleeping pill, will it help them to nod off? Times, Sunday Times These look lovely and taste delicious, either as a cake decoration or on a plate as a centrepiece with desert or coffee. Times, Sunday Times The guests left commenting not about the elaborate decorations they had seen but about the spiritual declarations they had witnessed. Christianity Today The pottery was more developed with red washes and more varied forms and elaborate decorations, buildings were poorer with unplastered floors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The increasingly elaborate decorations on harnesses and saddles of the samurai suggests the value accorded to these war horses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 12th century sophisticated methods of inlaying were invented, allowing more elaborate decorations in different colours. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While these designs are often just very elaborate decorations, they are sometimes works of art that even depict a particular theme or a scene. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Elsewhere, the festive decorations are up, adorning everything from roadside noodle shops to suburban shopping malls. Times, Sunday Times If you grow your own, you could have plenty of sprigs for festive decorations, hopefully with berries too. Times, Sunday Times Take stock of your festive decorations and decide if any need replacing. The Sun Companies more used to landscaping gardens or staging weddings have opened new divisions in festive decorations. Times, Sunday Times If you need inspiration for your festive decorations, look no further. The Sun The ruff gives them a quaint, old-fashioned look, like a floral decoration in a 17th-century tapestry. Times, Sunday Times A selection of two-person properties cost a set 269pp and come with a hamper of local produce, a bottle of bubbly and a 'festive floral decoration'. Times, Sunday Times Next comes the floral decoration of petals and leaves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She introduced the use of orchids as the official floral decoration at state receptions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the beginning most pieces had some sort of decorative elements, such as the river of life, a lively squiggle, or a floral decoration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead of a hat, she opted for a flower decoration in her hair. The Sun One section was utilized for displaying flower decoration and bouquet assembling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She dresses in violet with blue flower decorations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the sides of the central bay are pilasters with sunken panels containing round flower decorations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fabulous jewellery serves as more than mere decoration. Times, Sunday Times He'd rather starve, earn his crust in a quarry like a common labourer than compromise his genius with mere decoration! Times, Sunday Times Public display - for mere decoration as it were - alters the status, objectifies more harshly. Times, Sunday Times She had another good moan about her lack of military decoration. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, the names of all seamen, aviators, marines and soldiers awarded the nation's highest military decoration must not be forgotten and none should be excluded from this excellent initiative. Times, Sunday Times His action in the war led him to earn the military decoration after the war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These medals are not part of any government honours system and should not be treated or claimed as any kind of official military decoration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The naval and military decorations and promotions are rightly predominant at such a time. Times, Sunday Times Inside, the main rooms are stately to say the least, with soaring ceilings and ornate decoration. Times, Sunday Times Both have ornate decoration on the beams and braces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These ramps have large balustrades and piers, thick brick and rubble walls coated with stucco, and ornate decoration in the form of rustication and mouldings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The interaction of the building, its ornate decoration, furniture and precious exhibits makes the museum itself an artifact for historical preservation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ornate decorations abound and the bedroom has a large gilded bed. Times, Sunday Times It was unsuccessful - the socket was a set decoration. Times, Sunday Times Skewing was also part of the overall design for the color palette used in set decoration and costume design. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soon they became a leading provider of wardrobe and costumes; they rented out furniture, set decoration items, and costume accessories, and ventured into exports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Very little set decoration was needed to embellish an abandoned city here. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first requirement was for set decoration replicas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dinner was served, with little gifts of home-made biscuits or tree decorations and accompanied by traditional zither and harp music. Times, Sunday Times Tree decorations in 2007 are as ephemeral as their needles; baubles go in and out of fashion. Times, Sunday Times How about top-up tree decorations? Times, Sunday Times Hand-crafted rugs, leather goods and traditional tree decorations will be on sale, and you can round the evening off with a ride on the ornate carousel. Times, Sunday Times In a fake atrium the guests were first served what one reasonably identified as 'salmon in light bulbs': the baubles really did look like tree decorations and therefore inedible. Times, Sunday Times It's episode two and the diligent participants are asked to make - from scratch and in a week - a bed and bedspread, a bedside clock and plaster wall decoration. Times, Sunday Times The number one was the wall decoration. Times, Sunday Times Luckily, the log has been rebranded as a wall decoration. Times, Sunday Times Some fragments of wall decoration are still visible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of particular note in this trade are the large plaques with reliefs, commonly used for wall decoration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 装饰, 装饰品, 装饰品 Japanese: 内装, 装飾物, 飾り |
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