adorn
英 [əˈdɔːn]
美 [əˈdɔːrn]
v. 装饰; 装扮
过去分词：adorned 过去式：adorned 现在分词：adorning 第三人称单数：adorns
Collins.1 / BNC.8692 / COCA.8007
同义词辨析
ornamentadorndecorate【导航词义：装饰】
ornamentv. 点缀，装饰
〔辨析〕
通常用于 be ornamented with sth 结构中，指以精美之物美化某处或某物，常可与 decorate 换用。
〔例证〕
Her living room is ornamented/decorated with flowers.
她的客厅里装点着鲜花。
She likes the skirt ornamented/decorated with lace.
她喜欢那条镶着花边的裙子。
她的客厅里装点着鲜花。
She likes the skirt ornamented/decorated with lace.
她喜欢那条镶着花边的裙子。
adornv. 〈正式〉装饰
〔辨析〕
指以装饰、点缀之物使人、事物、场所等生色，常可与介词 with 连用。
〔例证〕
She adorned her novel with love affairs.
她用爱情情节点缀其小说。
Her bedroom is adorned with roses.
她的卧室饰有玫瑰花。
她用爱情情节点缀其小说。
Her bedroom is adorned with roses.
她的卧室饰有玫瑰花。
decoratev. 装饰
〔辨析〕
普通用词，多指对具体场所、事物等进行装饰，使之更加美观，常与介词 with 连用。
〔例证〕
Our classroom was decorated with flowers on New Year's Day.
元旦那天我们教室里装点着鲜花。
People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.
人们在圣诞节时经常用冬青树枝来装饰房屋。
His pictures decorate the walls of the bedroom very well.
他的画把卧室的墙装饰得很好看。
元旦那天我们教室里装点着鲜花。
People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.
人们在圣诞节时经常用冬青树枝来装饰房屋。
His pictures decorate the walls of the bedroom very well.
他的画把卧室的墙装饰得很好看。
牛津词典
verb
- 装饰；装扮
to make sth/sb look more attractive by decorating it or them with sth- The walls were adorned with paintings.
墙上装饰了绘画。 - The children adorned themselves with flowers.
孩子们佩戴着鲜花。 - Gold rings adorned his fingers.
他的手指上戴着几枚金戒指。 - Graffiti adorned the walls.
这些墙遭到乱画乱涂。
- The walls were adorned with paintings.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 装饰；装扮
If somethingadornsa place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.- His watercolour designs adorn a wide range of books...
他的水彩设计使许多图书大为生色。 - Several magnificent oil paintings adorn the walls.
几幅恢宏的油画装点着墙面。
- His watercolour designs adorn a wide range of books...
英英释义
verb
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- Decorate the room for the party
- beautify yourself for the special day
- furnish with power or authority
- be beautiful to look at
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
双语例句
- Great composers adorn their works with simplicity.
伟大的作曲家总是以质朴使其作品生色。 - But vintage clapboard buildings and weathered Chinese storefronts still adorn this tropical town.
但是，老式的建筑物和风化的隔板，中文的店面依然装饰点着这个热带的城市。 - On the altar, I will adorn your shoulders and buttocks with ring of white and dried glass.
当你在祭坛上时，我还要用白的干草做花环，为你的肩及屁股打扮一番。 - First, adorn article collocation not much, or is exquisite decoration and ornament, and more than three is vulgar.
首先，饰品的搭配不要多，一两件是精巧的装饰和点缀，而多于三件则庸俗不堪。 - Do you want adorn your hair with accessories?
想过给你的头发来点什么装饰了吗？ - Indigo tattoos adorn her forehead.
她的前额纹着靛青色的刺青。 - I think we are right to adorn it in a simple manner.
我们认为应该把自己朴素地打扮一下。 - For parties and balls and to adorn herself.
好在宴会和舞会上装扮她自己。 - In ancient China, the elite liked to adorn themselves with spectacular objects such as jade and silk.
在中国古代，贵族以华丽的丝绸和玉石来打扮自己。 - To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
画蛇添足不必要地修饰本来就很美的东西。