adorn

英 [əˈdɔ:n]

美 [əˈdɔ:rn]

基本含义：

v.装饰；佩戴

详情解释：

v.(动词)

• 装饰，修饰，点缀，装扮，装潢，装帧，镶上
• 使（...）生色，使增色
• 佩戴，打扮，佩带，穿着
• 美丽
• 笼罩
• 给…提供装饰品

adj.(形容词)

• 装饰的，修饰的

v.(动词)

• vt. 〈正〉装饰; 装扮 make sth or sb look more attractive by decorating it or them with sth

verb

1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

e.g. Decorate the room for the party
beautify yourself for the special day

Synonym: decorategraceornamentembellishbeautify

2. furnish with power or authority
of kings or emperors

Synonym: investclothe

3. be beautiful to look at

e.g. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Synonym: deckdecorategraceembellishbeautify

1. 装饰；装扮
If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.

e.g. His watercolour designs adorn a wide range of books...
他的水彩设计使许多图书大为生色。
e.g. Several magnificent oil paintings adorn the walls.
几幅恢宏的油画装点着墙面。

1. 装饰：adore 敬慕,敬爱 | adorn 装饰 | adulterate 搀混,使品质低落

2. 装饰,打扮：doorframe鸡翅木 | adorn装饰,打扮 | adorn装饰

3.

3. 装饰,修饰：Excursion 短途旅行,旅行团 | Adorn 装饰,修饰 | Melodrama 情节剧

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词语用法：

v.(动词)

• adorn是书面语,基本意思是“装饰; 装扮”,可用于人,也可用于物,有时含不仅因装饰而使其美丽悦目,而且被装饰物本身也高雅美观的意味。adorn用于借喻可指增加性格或道德的美。
• adorn是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。表示“以…装饰”时可接with引导的介词短语。

相关例句：

Garnish. Use a zester to make lemon peel curls to adorn desserts, cut wedges to top a salad or use lemon slices to hang on the rim of glasses.(装饰——柠檬皮用削皮器削出卷曲的条状可以装饰甜品，切成小块可以装饰沙拉，柠檬切片还可以摆放在玻璃杯的杯口。)

And now the general public can adorn themselves with jewels just like pop queen Mariah Carey.(而且现在到了大众给自己戴些首饰的时候了，就像流行乐坛天后玛丽亚·凯莉那样。)

He sees it, in particular, as something that could be built into the solar water-heaters that adorn the roofs of an increasing number of houses.(在他看来，尤其热电装置要是被建造成为装饰越来越多的房屋的屋顶太阳能热水器的一部分。)

Gold was considered divine in ancient Greece and was used to adorn temples and as an offering to the gods.(在古希腊，黄金被认为是神圣的，被用来装饰庙宇和作为对神的祭品。)

And see with what natural skill she has made those simple flowers adorn her!(你看，她天生有多大的本事用那些普通的花朵来装扮自己啊！)

Instead, some of the proteins that adorn the parasite's surface have been made in bulk.(相反，一些依附于疟原虫表面的蛋白质都是批量生产出来的。)

For example, many of the illustrations that adorn the inside of tombs are celebrations of farming, hunting and fishing.(举例说吧，有很多装饰古墓的插图总是与农业、狩猎和捕鱼相关的庆祝场面。)

Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.(我们的儿子，从幼年好像树栽子长大。我们的女儿如同殿角石，是按建宫的样式凿成的。)

Alternatively, adorn them with feathers and beads, pretty buttons, different fabric mixes or fabric flowers.(除此之外，你还可以用羽毛、珠子、漂亮的扣子、不同的布料或者小布花来装饰你的拖鞋。)

We adorn our rooms with flowers.(我们用鲜花来装扮我们的房间。)