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adornments

/uh-dawrn-muhnt/US // əˈdɔrn mənt //

装饰品,装饰物,饰品,装修

Related Words

embellishment点缀,装饰品,点缀品,润色ornamentation装饰物,装饰品,修饰,装饰ornament装饰品,饰物,饰品,装饰物decoration装饰,装修,装饰品,装潢trimming修剪,修整,修饰,微调gilding镀金,锦上添花,镶金,镀金的beautification美化,美化环境frippery花花公子,花巧,花边新闻,花边jazz爵士乐,爵士舞,爵士,爵士音乐doodad斗牛士,斗地主,小玩意,斗牛犬frill褶皱,褶边,流苏,边缘化dingbat丁丁,丁字裤,丁丁网,丁字路口accessory附属品,配件,附属物,辅料thing事物,事,事项,事态gewgaw格瓦加(Gewgaw)floss牙线,牙線,牙签,牙线的作用furbelow皱纹,皱皱巴巴的,皱皱巴巴,皱褶fandangle扇形,扇形图,扇形结构,扇形物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
    • : ornamentation; embellishment: personal adornment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouna decoration
Synonyms
embellishment点缀,装饰品,点缀品,润色ornament装饰品,饰物,饰品,装饰物accessory附属品,配件,附属物,辅料dingbat丁丁,丁字裤,丁丁网,丁字路口doodad斗牛士,斗地主,小玩意,斗牛犬floss牙线,牙線,牙签,牙线的作用frill褶皱,褶边,流苏,边缘化frippery花花公子,花巧,花边新闻,花边furbelow皱纹,皱皱巴巴的,皱皱巴巴,皱褶gewgaw格瓦加(Gewgaw)jazz爵士乐,爵士舞,爵士,爵士音乐thing事物,事,事项,事态trimming修剪,修整,修饰,微调fandangle扇形,扇形图,扇形结构,扇形物
noundecorating, enhancing
Synonyms
embellishment点缀,装饰品,点缀品,润色ornamentation装饰物,装饰品,修饰,装饰beautification美化,美化环境decoration装饰,装修,装饰品,装潢trimming修剪,修整,修饰,微调

Examples

  • Everything was just so very big — and with adornment to boot.

  • The trend for adornment amongst Middle Eastern women is nothing new, but nail polish is often left out of the equation.

  • The Norway maple came to North America in the 18th century, imported by a Philadelphia merchant and peddled as a garden adornment.

  • A footnote toward the end of the book gives a short, wonderful history of human adornment, but the discussion remains didactic.

  • The same two impulses are said to lie at the root of the elaborate art of personal adornment developed by savages.

  • Yet I think if we observe closely we shall detect traces of a spontaneous impulse towards self-adornment.

  • Imitation of the ways of their elders doubtless plays a part here, but it is aided by an instinct for adornment.

  • One of the lower and mixed forms of artistic activity, in the case of the child and of the race alike, is personal adornment.

  • Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.

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