embellish

em·bel·lish

E0102300 (ĕm-bĕl′ĭsh)tr.v. em·bel·lished, em·bel·lish·ing, em·bel·lish·es 1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate.2. To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.

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[Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, embelliss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + bel, beautiful (from Latin bellus; see deu- in Indo-European roots).]

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em·bel′lish·er n.

embellish

(ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ) vb (tr) 1. to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn2. to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail3. (Music, other) to provide (a melody, part, etc) with ornaments. See ornament⁵[C14: from Old French embelir, from bel beautiful, from Latin bellus] emˈbellisher n emˈbellishment n

em•bel•lish

(ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ)

v.t. 1. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; adorn. 2. to enhance with elaborative additions. [1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French embeliss-] em•bel′lish•er, n.

embellish

Past participle: embellished
Gerund: embellishing

Imperative
embellish
embellish

Present
I embellish
you embellish
he/she/it embellishes
we embellish
you embellish
they embellish

Preterite
I embellished
you embellished
he/she/it embellished
we embellished
you embellished
they embellished

Present Continuous
I am embellishing
you are embellishing
he/she/it is embellishing
we are embellishing
you are embellishing
they are embellishing

Present Perfect
I have embellished
you have embellished
he/she/it has embellished
we have embellished
you have embellished
they have embellished

Past Continuous
I was embellishing
you were embellishing
he/she/it was embellishing
we were embellishing
you were embellishing
they were embellishing

Past Perfect
I had embellished
you had embellished
he/she/it had embellished
we had embellished
you had embellished
they had embellished

Future
I will embellish
you will embellish
he/she/it will embellish
we will embellish
you will embellish
they will embellish

Future Perfect
I will have embellished
you will have embellished
he/she/it will have embellished
we will have embellished
you will have embellished
they will have embellished

Future Continuous
I will be embellishing
you will be embellishing
he/she/it will be embellishing
we will be embellishing
you will be embellishing
they will be embellishing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been embellishing
you have been embellishing
he/she/it has been embellishing
we have been embellishing
you have been embellishing
they have been embellishing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been embellishing
you will have been embellishing
he/she/it will have been embellishing
we will have been embellishing
you will have been embellishing
they will have been embellishing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been embellishing
you had been embellishing
he/she/it had been embellishing
we had been embellishing
you had been embellishing
they had been embellishing

Conditional
I would embellish
you would embellish
he/she/it would embellish
we would embellish
you would embellish
they would embellish

Past Conditional
I would have embellished
you would have embellished
he/she/it would have embellished
we would have embellished
you would have embellished
they would have embellished

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	embellish - add details toaggrandise, aggrandize, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow upglorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
	2.	embellish - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"deck, decorate, grace, adorn, beautifybe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	3.	embellish - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautifyalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site"incrust, encrust, beset - decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar"broider, embroider - decorate with needleworkstick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue"fledge, flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"bespangle, spangle - decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner"foliate - decorate with leavesflag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"applique - sew on as a decorationgild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding linessmock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up"stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings"redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or housepanel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood"bejewel, jewel - adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses"filet, fillet - decorate with a lace of geometric designsscallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"bedizen - decorate tastelesslydress ship - decorate a ship with flagsgarnish, trim, dress - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foodstrim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"bedeck, bedight, deck - decorate; "deck the halls with holly"festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamelinlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metallacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid goldilluminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic armsemblazon, colour, color - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"fret - decorate with an interlaced designlandscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	4.	embellish - make more beautifulbeautify, fancify, prettifyneaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"groom, curry, dress - give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"window-dress, dress up - make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"become, suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

embellish

verb1. decorate, enhance, adorn, dress, grace, deck, trim, dress up, enrich, garnish, ornament, gild, festoon, bedeck, tart up (slang), beautify The boat was embellished with red and blue carvings.2. elaborate, colour, exaggerate, dress up, embroider, varnish He embellished the story with invented dialogue and extra details.

embellish

verb1. To furnish with decorations:adorn, bedeck, deck (out), decorate, dress (up), garnish, ornament, trim.2. To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:adorn, beautify, enhance, grace, set off.

Translations

润色给...添加细节装饰

embellish

(imˈbeliʃ) verb1. to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details. The soldier embellished the story of his escape. 渲染(故事等) 给（叙事、文章）添加细节，润色 2. to make beautiful with ornaments etc. uniform embellished with gold braid. 裝飾 装饰emˈbellishment noun 渲染，裝飾 装饰，润色