embellishment

英 [ɪmˈbelɪʃmənt]

美 [ɪmˈbelɪʃmənt]

n.  装饰; 修饰

复数：embellishments　

TOEFL

BNC.19271 / COCA.18280

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 装饰;修饰
  Anembellishmentis a decoration added to something to make it seem more attractive or interesting.
  1. ...Renaissance embellishments.
     文艺复兴时期的装饰
  2. ...public buildings with little bits of decoration and embellishment.
     没有太多装潢的公共建筑

英英释义

noun

• the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
  Synonym:ornamentation
• a superfluous ornament
• elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
  1. the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
  Synonym:embroidery

双语例句

• I am sensible they might tend very much to the embellishment of my paper.
  我明知他们也许足以为本报生色。
• Locust trees in the North, as a decorative embellishment of nature, also associate us with autumn.
  北国的槐树，也是一种能使人联想起来的点缀。
• EMU Australia's Hip boot features a suede upper in a tall-shafted design with a cool tie-strap embellishment.
  动车组澳大利亚的髋关节功能，引导与冷静领带，皮带点缀在一个高大的中置式设计，绒面革上。
• Chemical modification and embellishment for CTS is one of important way to improve its applying property.
  壳聚糖的化学改性和修饰是改善其应用性能的重要途径之一。
• It's a persistent problem partly because it always raises these issues of fictionality versus truthfulness, of honesty versus embellishment.
  这是个持久的问题，原因是它一直在质疑虚构性和真实性的关系，还有诚实与修饰的关系。
• The research allows for the customary low-level spin in resumes by counting only "major embellishment".
  该项调查对简历中司空见惯的低级编造网开一面，而只考虑“重大美化”。
• He sang without ornament or embellishment.
  他唱歌不用装饰音。
• Embellishment and fluff are not necessary.
  华丽的润色是完全没有必要的。
• Autumn leaves autumn is the most indispensable embellishment;
  秋风落叶是秋天最不可缺少的点缀；
• The painting's symmetry is apparent in the dichotomy of cold and warm hues, emptiness and embellishment, light and shade.
  在对称的画面处理法之上，王沂东再对空白与装饰、光与影和冷暖色调的二元性进行探讨。