| 单词 | decorative |
| 释义 | decorative (dekərətɪv ) adjective B2 Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive. The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close. ...highly decorative iron brackets. Synonyms: ornamental, fancy, pretty, attractive Collocations: decorative ceiling Leaks have damaged the decorative ceiling and caused 'considerable damage' to seating below. Times, Sunday Times During the restoration, a number of architectural details were rediscovered, including a decorative ceiling and roof monitor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flanked by solid timber doors dressed with intricately designed motifs, the sense of calm and serenity in the hall culminates with a decorative ceiling illuminated by carefully focused direct lighting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The numerous decorative ceilings were finished with sculpted and moulded plaster and carved woods (such as chestnut). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may be used as primary lighting, or for aesthetic accent, especially to highlight decorative ceilings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Decorative design and architecture went out with modernity. Times, Sunday Times In fusing decorative design and projection systems, he has kick-started a digital arts-andcrafts movement. Times, Sunday Times The building's visually decorative design differs from the conventional functionalist style of neighboring office buildings, and hence has proven unpopular with some critics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The outer walls were also given a unique, decorative design. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The interior ceilings were of pressed copper bearing a decorative design. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are many original decorative details, as well as new features such as a beautiful hand-painted kitchen with all the latest kit. Times, Sunday Times Exposed plaster has lots of movement; more decorative details would have been overbearing. Times, Sunday Times He changed the colour scheme and decorative details, and gave them a far more glamorous and pagan location. The Times Literary Supplement The dusky blue walls of her living room provide a subdued backdrop for furniture, art and decorative details. Times, Sunday Times All buildings follow this general typology, but the small decorative details in the faade depend on the building's significance and use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Imagine, then, this need elaborated, ritualised, refined over centuries into a sublime culture of decorative display. Times, Sunday Times The decorative display of wall-mounted pairs of antlers has been popular since medieval times at least. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This includes cultivating plants for practical purposes such as food or decorative displays. The Sun These decorative displays became so strongly associated with the style that the name of his gallery subsequently provided a commonly used term for the entire style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Choose a selection of vases in different heights, colours and textures: they'll create a decorative effect with just a few flowers in each one. Times, Sunday Times Arched windows and window shutters add to the decorative effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A wide variety of flower, vegetable, and tree seeds can also be used in seed paper for decorative effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We never catch him photographing anything for its scenic or decorative effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Often these tiles are shaped at the exposed end to give a decorative effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The food itself can be used as a decorative element. Times, Sunday Times To add a little decorative element, use the tip of a skewer to etch circles into the pastry or use a fork to create a tartan or trellis design. Times, Sunday Times This officially promoted art particularly stressed the decorative element. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other detailing, including limestone ledges and quoins, add a decorative element. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An outdoor fireplace can simply be a decorative element, which allows homeowners to enjoy a crackling fire while entertaining in the backyard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The house was a bakery in the eighteenth century, and the ovens are a decorative feature in the basement utility room. The Times Literary Supplement The latest cultivars can be grown as a decorative feature, even in modest-sized gardens, trained on wires between stakes. The Sun In time, perhaps the bath would've become a decorative feature, a fl owerbed maybe. Times, Sunday Times Round convex mini mirrors, positioned in groups of three or more, or arranged in a line like portholes, create a splendid decorative feature. Times, Sunday Times Elections become a useful safety valve, and a decorative feature of the political system. Times, Sunday Times Add compost and top with a layer of grit or gravel as a decorative finish. Times,Sunday Times Chip bark over the membrane gives a decorative finish and keeps the bark off the soil, where it would absorb plant food at the expense of the rose growth. The Sun Analysis reveals the 'paint stratigraphy': the layers of decorative finish that have been applied to a given surface, often including paint, varnish, gilding and dirt. The Times Literary Supplement Other metals include copper, stainless steel, and titanium, which can be polished to provide a decorative finish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dam wall was given a decorative finish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This decorative flower will attract bees and butterflies. Times, Sunday Times Lapels also have a buttonhole, intended to hold a boutonnire, a decorative flower. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A study of several cultivars showed that all the flowers were fertile but the non-ornamental flowers were pentamers while the decorative flowers were tetramers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The four sepals of decorative flowers have colors ranging from pale pink, red fuchsia purple to blue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Kalmias are popular garden shrubs, grown for their decorative flowers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A hallway beyond led to see-through scoop-shaped chairs overlooking a 25m pool with a decorative fountain. Times, Sunday Times It has a hanging cast-iron lantern and once had a decorative fountain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a notable illuminated and decorative fountain in the shape of a staggered pyramid. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Improvements included the installation of an accessible creative play structure, a decorative fountain, concrete walkway, a community centre and a skateboarding area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other views were available to those chosen few who were allowed to pass through the corridor and into the central courtyard with its garden and decorative fountain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cast a critical eye around your home and remove any decorative items that are there because you're attached to them. Times, Sunday Times The holes in the shells were formed naturally, meaning that the gatherers had selected them to make the decorative items. Times,Sunday Times As well as heavyweight purchases, there are decorative items and accessories from 10 upwards. Times, Sunday Times As decorative items go, it makes a change from flying ducks. Times, Sunday Times Only decorative items or small bits of furniture can be sent in the post. Times,Sunday Times All the basics reinvented, from decorative lighting to the best loo brushes on the planet. Times, Sunday Times And finally, go wild with decorative lighting to brighten up your tiny space. Times, Sunday Times When selecting decorative lighting, don't be too practical with the finish. Times, Sunday Times Decorative lighting hidden behind or below a freestanding bath or vanity unit can be highly effective and avoid harsh glare. Times, Sunday Times In one of his last public appearances, he was greeted with thunderous applause at a ceremony to officially show off the decorative lighting installed on the bridge he helped create. Globe and Mail Built in 1926 as a vaudeville house, it features violet-and-white marble, vast decorative mirrors and gold leaf galore. Globe and Mail The interior includes huge decorative mirrors, breche violet and white marble. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The theatre's distinctive characteristics include a lobby richly appointed in large decorative mirrors and breche violet and white marble, which sweep majestically through a succession of lobbies and foyers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here artists responded primarily to continental art; foliage supplanting interlace as the preferred decorative motif. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Song scholars established a formal system of dating these artifacts by examining their inscriptions, decorative motif styles, and physical shapes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has been suggested that this decorative motif may mimic multiple strings of beads and/or the folds of cloth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was the first to use gold cable, or steel cable, as a decorative motif and as a watch bracelet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Interiors with no decorative motifs at all now look both dull and effortful. Times, Sunday Times Originally it attracted attention as representing a rare survival of a category of decorative object, the detachable cover of a portrait. The Times Literary Supplement The shells of this species of cowry are still popular among shell collectors, and are also used as a decorative object, even in modern times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The souvenir spoon generally exists solely as a decorative object commemorating an event, place, or special date. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And thus it constrains a more decorative object than the pot itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Open non-stop from 2pm today until 11pm tomorrow, the market selling antiques, clothes, jewellery and decorative objects will attract up to two million visitors. The Sun A team of six specialist painters spent seven months restoring or copying the decorative painting that adorns the walls and vaulted ceilings in many rooms. Times, Sunday Times Increasingly, he added flourishes of decorative painting. Times, Sunday Times Two parallel walls of corn are visible, along with the detailed decorative painting of the individual stems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When standing in front of the art work in a specific spot, the architecture blends with the decorative painting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She prefers decorative painting with a clear silhouette, local color, symbolic composition, while maintaining constructive role of drawing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the second story are paired windows framed by brick lintels and bluestone sills topped by a rectangular decorative panel of brick and terra cotta. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An early use was for decorative panels in fire surrounds. Times, Sunday Times The gritstone circular font, at the west end, dates from the 12th century, and has six decorative panels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building features pilasters with terra cotta capitals and terra cotta decorative panels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ground floor has a broad single window flanked by decorative panels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Decorative pattern on sides and front nicely matched. The Sun Use the prongs of a fork to make a decorative pattern round the edges, if you like. Times,Sunday Times It looks like little more than a decorative pattern; without the wall text to explain you would certainly overlook it. Times, Sunday Times Rows of casement windows on the front of each story feature a decorative pattern with three vertical panes and a transom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The slate roof tiled in a decorative pattern of scallops and flowers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Or would you prefer something more boho - painted wooden floors, say, with the odd decorative piece thrown in? Times, Sunday Times The rosewood used gives the table a beautiful, pink lustre, the ornate legs make it a wonderful decorative piece and the intricate brass inlay reflects the excellent workmanship. ST They may be used as a decorative piece as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While often serving humble purposes, such as to hold a candlestick or vase, the guridon could be a high-style decorative piece of court furniture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The piece eventually morphed into a decorative piece on its own. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For hundreds of years, cottagers planted whatever decorative plants they could get hold of around their houses, mixing them with essential edible crops. Times, Sunday Times Some, such as bay and box, are already highly valued as decorative plants and, aside from an annual clipping, are undemanding, low-maintenance plants. Times, Sunday Times The requests included not only edible crops such as cucumbers and peppers but also decorative plants such as marigolds and sunflowers. Times, Sunday Times Crop plants account for 75% of released mutagenic species with the remaining 25% ornamentals or decorative plants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later, in the portals, arches were formed with archivolts, i.e. a sequence of concentric arches decorated with simple or decorative plants or geometric mouldings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Alternatively, use the base of a 20cm (8in) round loose-bottomed cake or flan tin so you can lift it on to a decorative plate to serve. The Sun Charger plates are large decorative plates that are placed first on the table, and function as under-plates. Times, Sunday Times So too were his tunic ensembles with their silver, decorative plates. Times, Sunday Times On the walls were local paintings alongside copper pans, decorative plates and a chiming wall clock. Times, Sunday Times Until 1952 the larger style had no top casting, the area being covered by an enamel decorative plate which itself has an aperture through the middle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Direct comparison certainly suggests that they were created for the same decorative scheme. Times, Sunday Times Then there was the decorative scheme: with so many rooms, the pair split the responsibilities, each coming up with different themes and colours. Times, Sunday Times For a start the exhibition - and hence the decorative scheme of the chapel - has been chopped up. Times, Sunday Times The principal components of the decorative scheme are antique- finished pine mixed with stainless steel and hewn slate. Times, Sunday Times Experts hope that the entire decorative scheme, believed to have been part of a building demolished after a fire, may eventually be reconstructed. Times, Sunday Times The planned works are made under the sign of a recovery of the architectonic structures and the medieval constructive and decorative style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The danjiri carts can vary in size and decorative style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other parts were decorated in a purely decorative style with geometric patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His lyrical, decorative style was well-suited to architectural and sculptural commissions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fireplace on the floor includes a decorative tile hearth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It features an off-center entrance with arched limestone surround, decorative tile mosaic panels, and a decorative brick and tile cornice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the addition of new steel awnings, concrete pilasters, and decorative tile, the building's facade was renovated to an approximation of its original 1913 appearance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 1940 addition includes a fifth-floor ceremonial courtroom with decorative tile wainscoting and a diamond-pattern cornice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Visible portions of the roof are hipped, covered with decorative tile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Leave the greenery to the tree this year: every other decorative touch, be it on mantles, bannisters or doorways, should be translucent, glittery and sparkling. Times, Sunday Times The house was sheathed in wood clapboard, although there were bands of cut shingles providing a decorative touch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lavishly planted gardens and decorative touches such as lanterns and ornamental tiling raise it well above your average holiday home. Times, Sunday Times Its decorative touches include columns in antis and a wood cornice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Throughout most of the 19th century, architectural terracotta had been confined to decorative touches like windowsills and lintels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It will look so good on your shelf, you'll want to keep it there for decorative purposes once it's finished. Times,Sunday Times Closed terrariums were once used to keep plants alive during a long sea voyage, but now we use them for decorative purposes. The Sun And you are advised not to use it for decorative purposes. Times, Sunday Times It was there for decorative purposes and not designed to be rested against. The Sun Her teeth had been perforated for decorative purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With a good eye, you can buy highly decorative sculpture on a tight budget. Times, Sunday Times (2012) A blind is always a good choice for a small window and the treatment can be highly decorative. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993) These highly decorative products will inject a good dose of colour and pattern into a room, but they should be used sparingly. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Where colour had once been considered merely decorative or cosmetic, it takes on in his paintings a vital new animating role. Times, Sunday Times Could it be that mentalism's scientific credentials are merely decorative? Times, Sunday Times As opposed to merely decorative? Times,Sunday Times The rich exploitation of empirical material was not a merely decorative appendage to a purely philosophical argument, but an integral element in a sustained train of thought. Times, Sunday Times Though some musicians did dabble in magic or mysticism, their occultism seems merely decorative and in some cases just a marketing device. The Times Literary Supplement It is certainly not conceptual in any straightforward sense and it is not purely decorative. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The arch, instead of being purely decorative, allows cable cars to provide panoramic views. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The turret is not a folly in the true sense, because it is attached to the house, but it is purely decorative. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 装饰性的 Japanese: 装飾の |
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