embellishment

英[ɪm'belɪʃmənt] 美[ɪm'belɪʃmənt]
  • n. 装饰;润色;修饰
TOEFL
    n. (名词)
    1. 装饰,修饰,润色,增色
    2. 装饰品,装饰物
    3. 【音】装饰音
    4. (为使故事、叙述等更加有声有色而增添的)虚构的细节

英英释义

Noun:
  1. elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail;

    "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

  2. a superfluous ornament

  3. the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

1. Truscott's verbosity made it hard to separate plain fact from decorative embellishment.
特拉斯科特说话啰唆,让人很难分清哪是纯粹的事实哪是添油加醋的修饰之辞。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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秋来的点缀.

来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

3. 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.

来自辞典例句

4. Embellishment and fluff are not necessary.
华丽的润色是完全没有必要的.

来自互联网

5. His articles are natural and without embellishment.
他的文章不事雕琢,自然质朴.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Florence is full of public buildings with little bits of embellishment.
      佛罗伦萨充满了带有一点点装饰的公共建筑。