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embellish

音標[im'beliʃ] 讀音

漢語翻譯

vt. 修飾, 裝飾, 潤色

詞型變化:

名詞:embellisher 動詞過去式:embellished 過去分詞:embellished 現在分詞:embellishing 第三人稱單數:embellishes 

英文解釋:

動詞 embellish:

  1. add details to
    同義詞:embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
  2. be beautiful to look at
    同義詞:deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify
  3. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
    同義詞:decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify
  4. make more beautiful
    同義詞:fancify, beautify, prettify

例句:

  1. He often embellishes the tales of his travels.
    他常給他的旅遊趣聞添枝加葉。
  2. My daughter wears a dress embellished with lace and ribbons today.
    今天我女兒穿了一件有花邊和飾帶的連衣裙。

詳細解釋:


em.bel.lish

v.tr.(及物動詞)
em.bel.lished,em.bel.lish.ing,em.bel.lish.es
To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate.
裝飾修飾:如通過裝修使美化;裝飾
To add ornamental or fictitious details to:
添加細節:添加修飾性的或想像的細節於…:
例句:
a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.
對這個真實故事添加的異想天開的解釋

來源:
Middle English embelishen
中古英文 embelishen
from Old French embellir embelliss-
源自 古法文 embellir embelliss-
en- [causative pref.] * see en-
en- [使役前綴] *參見 en-
bel [beautiful] from Latin bellus * see deu- 2
bel [美麗的] 源自 拉丁語 bellus *參見 deu- 2

【引伸】
embel.lisher
n.(名詞)

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