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ornamental

/awr-nuh-men-tl/US // ˌɔr nəˈmɛn tl //UK // (ˌɔːnəˈmɛntəl) //

观赏性,观赏性的,装饰性,观赏

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
    • : providing ornament, decorative.
    • : of or relating to ornament.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something ornamental; decoration; adornment.
    • : a plant cultivated for decorative purposes.

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Examples

  • We can hypothesize that because these things would have made it more difficult to move around, then they must be an ornamental feature.

  • However, he notes, when grown in soil as ornamental plants, these ferns don’t need a community.

  • Even among the rich in places like New York City, a diamond was only one of several stones that a fiancé might choose, if he even gave anything ornamental.

  • He is particularly fascinated by how the plants form castes and colonies in the wild but remain as individual strap fronds when grown in soil as ornamental plants.

  • The photo, altered using Photoshop, makes it appear that Gracie is standing among about a half dozen of the rioters on a marble floor in one of the ornamental rooms in the Capitol building.

  • Football is a world where the basic role of the female is ornamental, at best.

  • He lived in a time of war, and there was no room for meaningless ornamental writing.

  • Japanese knotweed, for all its invasive attributes, was an ornamental plant for the Victorians.

  • It has since been enlarged, and is now much more ornamental as well as being useful.

  • To quote Mrs. Kaye, 'A Liberal peer is as useful as a fifth wheel to a coach, and as ornamental as whitewash.'

  • It is used for a variety of ornamental purposes, for which, from its extreme natural beauty, it is peculiarly adapted.

  • As it had columns for recording statistics of the fair for a period of years, it was instructive as well as ornamental.

  • The garden at the rear was bright with a profusion of spring flowers and sheltered with ornamental trees and vines.