embellish

[im'beliʃ]

v.美化、装饰或修饰, 渲染或添枝加叶

词形变化

名词: embellisher | 动词过去式: embellished | 动词过去分词: embellished | 动词现在分词: embellishing | 动词第三人称单数: embellishes |

词义辨析

同义:

v.装饰, 修饰

adorn  decorate  trim  festoon  array  bedizen  deck out  bedeck  trap out  caparison  dress up  beset  emblazon  blazon  enhance  ornament  touch up

v.美化

beautify  prettify  primp

v.润色

embroider  garnish  colour  glorify  grace  whitewash  exaggerate  overstate  

同义参见:

color  gild  lace  deck  

反义参见:

deform  disfigure  

英英释义

动词 embellish:

add details to

同义词：embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

be beautiful to look at

同义词：deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

同义词：decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify

make more beautiful

同义词：fancify, beautify, prettify

补充

embellishembellish英:[imˈbeliʃ] 美:[ɛmˈbɛlɪʃ]vt.1.美化; 装饰; 修饰; 润色

例句

1. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of writing mysterious and dark tales to embellish already morbid and macabre subjects.埃德加•爱伦•坡是写神秘阴暗故事的高手, 擅长渲染已经是病态恐怖的主题。 2. Events in Cole Porter's life are theatrically embellished.对科尔•波特生活中的一些事件作了添枝加叶的戏剧化处理。 3. I embellished the story with invented dialogue and extra details.我通过杜撰对话和添加细节来增加故事的趣味性。 4. Ivy leaves embellish the front of the dresser.梳妆台正面用常春藤叶子装饰。 5. a stunning dress, lavishly embellished一条装饰华丽令人惊艳的裙子 6. embellish basic covers and curtains with borders, ties and fringing.用镶边、系带和流苏装饰朴素的被套和窗帘。 7. simple white coats embellished with gold braid有金色穗带装饰的素白外套 8. The stern was embellished with carvings in red and blue.船尾饰有红色和蓝色的雕刻图案。 9. The leather cover of the new dictionary was embellished with gold letters.这部新词典皮革封面上装饰着金字。 10. to embellish a story with details给故事添加细节 11. The events of the leader's life were heavily embellished by his biographers.领袖的生平事迹已被传记作家们添枝加叶地大加渲染。 12. blue silk embellished with golden embroidery.绣有金色图案的蓝色丝绸。 13. she had real difficulty telling the truth because she liked to embellish things.她喜欢添枝加叶，所以很难讲真话。 14. Good meat needs very little embellishment.好肉无须装饰。 15. a book embellished with colorful illustrations配有彩图的书 16. He embellished his speech with a few quotations.他在演讲中添加了几句引文，使之更有感染力。 17. "(humorous) I didn't lie, I just embellished the story a little bit."我没有说谎，我只是对事情的描述稍有发挥。 18. a story that doesn't require embellishment不需要润色的描述 19. architectural embellishments建筑装饰