| 单词 | adorn |
| 释义 | adorn (once / 276 pages) v To adorn is to dress something up by decorating it. You might adorn your poncho with fringe or your poodle's dog collar with rhinestones. Adorn shares some Latin roots with words like ornament and ornate. So it makes sense that some people adorn their Christmas trees with tinsel and lights. Others adorn their eyelids with glitter. In any case, if you want to adorn yourself with all kinds of fabulous baubles, it might be wise to follow Coco Chanel's advice: take at least one accessory off before you walk out the door. WORD FAMILYadorn: adorned, adorning, adornment, adorns+/adorned: unadorned/adornment: adornments USAGE EXAMPLESAcross the hall is the massive dining room, adorned too with holiday decorations. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) On Sunday, New Yorkers were mesmerized by the artwork adorning the walls. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The picture was adorned with gold necklaces and rings. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) 1v make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament ornament be an ornament to wreathe decorate or deck with wreaths beset, encrust, incrustdecorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) braiddecorate with braids or ribbons broider, embroiderdecorate with needlework stickcover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface illustratesupply with illustrations garlandadorn with bands of flowers or leaves fledge, flightdecorate with feathers bespangle, spangledecorate with spangles foliatedecorate with leaves flagdecorate with flags bard, barde, caparison, dress upput a caparison on beaddecorate by sewing beads onto pipetrim with piping appliquesew on as a decoration gild the lily, paint the lilyadorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) vermiculatedecorate with wavy or winding lines smockembellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally hangdecorate or furnish with something suspended prankdress or decorate showily or gaudily tinseladorn with tinsel tart updecorate in a cheap and flashy way stuccodecorate with stucco work redecorateredo the decoration of an apartment or house paneldecorate with panels bejewel, jeweladorn or decorate with precious stones filet, filletdecorate with a lace of geometric designs scallopdecorate an edge with scallops bedizendecorate tastelessly dress shipdecorate a ship with flags dress, garnish, trimdecorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods trimdecorate, as with ornaments bedeck, bedight, deckdecorate festoondecorate with strings of flowers enamelcoat, inlay, or surface with enamel inlaydecorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal lacquercoat with lacquer begild, engild, gilddecorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold illuminateadd embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) blazon, emblazondecorate with heraldic arms color, colour, emblazondecorate with colors fringeadorn with a fringe fretdecorate with an interlaced design landscapeembellish with plants faggot, fagotornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch purlembroider with gold or silver thread purledge or border with gold or silver embroidery plumedeck with a plume hatchinlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating damasceneinlay metal with gold and silver japancoat with a lacquer, as done in Japan miniate, rubricatedecorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red miniatepaint with red lead or vermilion alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v be beautiful to look at Flowers adorned the tables everywhere Syn|Hypo|Hyper beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace ornament be an ornament to be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors Syn|Hyper clothe, invest equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
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