embellish
美音:[ım´belıʃ
]
英音:[ım´belıʃ
]
v.修饰
难易程度:
embellish为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:embellisher 动词过去式:embellished 过去分词:embellished 现在分词:embellishing 第三人称单数:embellishes
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-ish 表“做～”的意思
近义词, 同义词
embellish
/ɪm'belɪʃ; ɪm`bɛlɪʃ/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth)
1 make sth beautiful by adding ornaments, etc 美化、装饰或修饰某物
*a dress embellished with lace and ribbons 有花边和饰带的连衣裙.
2 improve (a story, statement, etc) by adding often untrue details, eg to make it more interesting or amusing 渲染; 添枝加叶（如使之更有趣、更可笑）
*He often embellishes the tales of his travels. 他常给他的旅游趣闻添枝加叶.
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth)
1 make sth beautiful by adding ornaments, etc 美化、装饰或修饰某物
*a dress embellished with lace and ribbons 有花边和饰带的连衣裙.
2 improve (a story, statement, etc) by adding often untrue details, eg to make it more interesting or amusing 渲染; 添枝加叶（如使之更有趣、更可笑）
*He often embellishes the tales of his travels. 他常给他的旅游趣闻添枝加叶.
embellish
v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: embelir, from bel 'beautiful']
to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it
embellish sth with sth
The dress was embellished with gold threads.
to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are not true
She gave an embellished account of what had happened.
>embellishmentn [U and C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: embelir, from bel 'beautiful']
to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it
embellish sth with sth
The dress was embellished with gold threads.
to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are not true
She gave an embellished account of what had happened.
>embellishmentn [U and C]
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