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

• Embellishment and fluff are not necessary.
  华丽的润色是完全没有必要的。
• Without adornment or embellishment; simple or plain.
  未装饰的未加装饰的；简单的，朴素的。
• 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。
• The project is to demonstrate the embellishment of the urban environment through the light.
  本作品用光线来装饰都市中的环境。
• Like a great shadow's last embellishment.
  象个巨大的阴影予以最后的装饰。
• 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。
• Leather treatments will distinguish handbags, which feature less embellishment than last year's styles.
  与去年的风格相比，手包的装饰更少，全以皮革的处理度来加以区分。
• 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。
• 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。
• Something that garnishes; an embellishment.
  装饰用来装饰的东西；