| 单词 | embroider |
| 释义 | embroider —embroiderer, n. /em broy"deuhr/, v.t. 1. to decorate with ornamental needlework. 2. to produce or form in needlework. 3. to adorn or embellish rhetorically, esp. with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest. v.i. 4. to do embroidery. 5. to add embellishments; exaggerate (often fol. by on or upon). [1350-1400; EM-1 + BROIDER; r. ME embroderen, freq. of embroden < MF embro(u)der, equiv. to em- EM-1 + OF brosder, deriv. of brosd < Gmc (see BRAD)] Syn. 3. elaborate, exaggerate, color, fancify. |
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