Adornment
[ə'dɔːnm(ə)nt]
解释:
(noun.) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting.
(noun.) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness.
编辑:帕特里克--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
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例句:
- Mr. Jobling is buttoned up closer than mere adornment might require. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- No graceful little adornment, no fanciful little device, however trivial, anywhere expressed her influence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Across all her imaginative adornment of those whom she loved, there darted now and then a keen discernment, which was not without a scorching quality. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The estate had formerly belonged to a gentleman of opulence and taste, who had bestowed some considerable attention to the adornment of his grounds. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- To-day she was on her best behavior, however, and was seated with Maurice in the court, weaving a coronal of flowers for her adornment at dinner. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The monument to the doge Giovanni Pesaro, in this church, is a curiosity in the way of mortuary adornment. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Others contribute to the maintenance of life, and to its external adornment and display. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- If the public have the benefit, and if the country have the adornment, of this great grasp, it must be paid for in money or money's worth, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- This night, this splendid assembly, these sumptuous apartments, and this adornment of your tearful girl, are all united to celebrate your abdication. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- But there was another adornment of the hotel which Mr Dorrit had not bargained for. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Vast vacant crowds presently choked the streets, and every house and shop that possessed such adornments hung out flags. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Simple as the furniture was, it was set off by so many little adornments, of no value but for their taste and fancy, that its effect was delightful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
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