Adorn
[ə'dɔːn] or [ə'dɔrn]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.
(n.) Adornment.
(a.) Adorned; decorated.
整理:怀亚特
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Embellish, decorate, beautify, ornament, deck, bedeck, emblazon, gild, trim, grace, crown, varnish, array, set out, set off, TRICK OUT.
錄入:维维恩
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Beautify, bedeck, ornament, decorate, embellish, deck, garnish, gild, enrich
ANT:Mar, spoil, deform, deface, disfigure, impoverish, denude, despoil, strip,bare, disembellish
手打:斯蒂芬
解釋/意思:
v.t. to deck or dress: to embellish.—n. (Spens.) adornment.—adj. (Milton) adorned ornate.—n. Adorn′ment ornament: decoration.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He, the noble, the warlike, the great in every quality that can adorn the mind and person of man; he is fitted to be the Protector of England. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Never had Lefferts so abounded in the sentiments that adorn Christian manhood and exalt the sanctity of the home. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I wish continued success to the labours of the Royal Society, and that you may long adorn their chair; being, with the highest esteem, dear sir, &c. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Such acts were not wanting to adorn the grim train that waited on the progress of the plague. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- When we were in Rome, I thought you only cared for poetry and art, and the things that adorn life for us who are well off. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And I know that it belongs to your conscientious nature to try to become worthy of it, my dear Frederick, and to try to adorn it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He never was well dressed; but he took the hugest pains to adorn his big person, and passed many hours daily in that occupation. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Its deep fidelity and goodness were not to be adorned by me or any man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Its banks were neither formal nor falsely adorned. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She adorned and graced it so that it became another place. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Hunchbacked, dwarfish, and doting, she was adorned like a barbarian queen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But here was the bride's carriage, adorned with ribbons and cockades. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- As at present existing, the crown of England is a gold circle, adorned with pearls and precious stones, having alternately four Maltese crosses and four fleur-de-lis. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Now it was not only shut, but locked, and yesterday's mud still adorned the steps. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I saw those two together, in a bright perspective, such well-associated friends, each adorning the other so much! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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