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单词 elaborate
释义 Adjective: elaborate  i'laburut
  1. Marked by complexity and richness of detail
    "an elaborate lace pattern"
    - luxuriant 
  2. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail
    "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"
    - detailed, elaborated
Verb: elaborate  i'labu`reyt
  1. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
    "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
    - lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate 
  2. Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
    "The bee elaborates honey" 
  3. Make more complex, intricate, or richer
    - complicate, refine, rarify 
  4. Work out in detail
    "elaborate a plan"
    - work out

Derived forms: elaborated, elaborates, elaborating

See also: careful, elaborately, elaborateness, elaboration, fancy

Type of: alter, change, clarify, clear up, create, develop, elucidate, make, make grow, modify, produce

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