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embellishment

/em-bel-ish-muhnt/US // ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ mənt //

点缀,装饰品,点缀品,润色

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ornament or decoration.
    • : a fictitious addition, as to a factual statement.
    • : Music. ornament. auxiliary tone.
    • : the act of embellishing.
    • : state of being embellished.

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Examples

  • Some barely provide any protection at all, while others overpower the Apple Watch’s understated design with overly gaudy embellishments.

  • Her writing style as a lower-court judge was explanatory, and with little rhetorical embellishment.

  • At the same time, he artfully exploits the power of simplicity by letting the imagery speak for itself, without embellishment.

  • In 2020, designing wasn’t about styling or embellishment but about coming up with down and dirty solutions.

  • It was similar to the way a pianist plays chords with the left hand, while using the right hand to play the melody and improvised embellishments.

  • She veers towards the avant-garde, using metal-powder deformed silicone piercings as textural embellishment and digital printers.

  • The following looks—everything from eveningwear to denim jeans—dripped and dazzled with embellishment.

  • Sets start at $1,500 and top out at about $6,000, depending on the level of embellishment.

  • Soon they jolted the audience to attention with black trousers dripping in metallic embellishment—like high-end punk rockers.

  • With the embellishment stripped bare, the diaries present a nastier, more easily irritated side of the man.

  • For the embellishment of this city, many Toltecs are said to have been called in from various towns, by the orders of Quinantzin.

  • Heaven forfend that change in any shape, whether of embellishment or of decay, should fall upon that cottage!

  • Archelaus, king of Macedon, made use of Zeuxiss pencil for the embellishment of his palace.

  • But the question arises, whether this is an historical land-mark, or a poetical embellishment?

  • The question will, of course, remain—In what proportions has he mixed history with imaginative embellishment?