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overelaborate

/adjective oh-ver-i-lab-er-it; verb oh-ver-i-lab-uh-reyt/US // adjective ˈoʊ vər ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ˌoʊ vər ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt //

夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸夸其谈,夸大其词的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·e·lab·o·rat·ed, o·ver·e·lab·o·rat·ing.

    • : to render or present with excessive or fussy detail: He so overelaborates his jokes that they lose their humor.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·e·lab·o·rat·ed, o·ver·e·lab·o·rat·ing.

    • : to add excessive details, as in writing or speaking: He overelaborates to an extent that his novels must be cut radically before being published.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inornate
Forms: overelaborated, overelaborates, overelaborating
Synonyms
baroque巴洛克,巴洛克风格,巴洛克式,巴罗克beautiful美丽的,美丽elegant幽雅,幽雅的,幽美,幽静embroidered绣花的,刺绣的,绣制的,绣制fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的gaudy花花绿绿的,花花绿绿,花哨的,花俏的gilded锦上添花,镀金的,镶金的,镀金glamorous迷人的,魅力四射,魅力四射的,魅力十足的lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的magnificent宏伟的,壮丽,雄伟壮观,宏伟opulent富丽堂皇,奢华的,奢华,华贵的rococo洛可可,洛可可式,洛可可风格,洛可可式的sparkling闪闪发光,闪亮,闪亮的,闪烁的sumptuous奢华的,华贵,奢华,华贵的adorned绚丽多彩的,绚丽多彩,绚烂的,饰有aureate浓眉大眼,浓眉大眼的,浓眉大眼的人,浓密的bedecked满身是伤,斑驳的,满身是伤的,斑驳陆离bright明亮的,明亮,光明,光亮brilliant精彩纷呈,辉煌,精采的,灿烂busy忙,繁忙,忙碌,忙碌的colored有色的,有色,有颜色的,彩色的convoluted错综复杂,错综复杂的,复杂的,复杂dazzling炫目的,眩目的,璀璨夺目的,耀眼的elaborate精心制作的,阐述,精心制作,详尽的fine罚款,精细,精细的,细致flamboyant多彩的,多彩,多采多姿,多姿多彩flashy华而不实,华而不实的,华而不实的人,华丽的flaunting炫耀,炫耀性的,炫耀性,炫耀的florid花卉,花色,花卉类,花色的flowery如花似玉,如花的,鲜花般的,如花似锦fussy挑剔,挑剔的,挑剔的人,烦人glitzy绚丽多彩,绚丽多彩的,艳丽的,绚丽的glossy光滑的,光泽的,有光泽的,光滑high-wrought高度干旱,高度干旱的,高干旱,高度干旱的地区jeweled镶有宝石,镶有宝石的,镶有珠宝的,镶有珠宝luscious奢华的,豪华,奢华,豪华的meretricious冗长的,虚伪的,冗长的时间,冗长ornamented有装饰的,彬彬有礼,彬彬有礼的,彬彬有致ostentatious浮夸,夸夸其谈,夸张,夸张的overdone过度的,过头了,过度,过分的pretentious装腔作势,矫情,矫揉造作,矫情的resplendent栩栩如生,璀璨夺目,璀璨,璀璨的rich丰富,丰富的,富有,富有的showy秀色可餐,艳丽的,炫耀性,炫耀性的splashy绚丽多彩,绚烂的,绚丽多彩的,华而不实superficial表面上的,表面的,表面上,表面tawdry龌龊的,龌龊,淫荡的,卑鄙的variegated斑斓的,斑驳的,斑纹的,斑斓
as inembroider
Forms: overelaborated, overelaborates, overelaborating
Synonyms
embellish润饰,点缀,修饰,润色aggrandize夸大其词,夸大,夸耀,夸大其辞amplify扩增,放大,扩音,扩容color颜色,色彩,色,色泽distend胀大,涨大,胀破,膨胀dramatize戏剧化,演绎,渲染,戏剧化处理elaborate精心制作的,阐述,精心制作,详尽的enhance加强,增强,提高,提升enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展falsify篡改,揑造,作假,伪造fudge软糖,软膏,软木,软饮料heighten增高,增强,提高,增高了hyperbolize夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,超标的lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话magnify凸显,放大,增大,凸现overdo过度行为,矫枉过正,过头了,过度overemphasize过分强调,过度强调,太过强调,过于强调overestimate高估,高估了,夸大其词,过高估计overstate多报,多报了,夸大其词,多说pad垫子,衬垫,垫,垫板puff泡芙,扑通,扑面而来的,扑灭romanticize浪漫化,浪漫主义,浪漫的,浪漫地看待stretch伸展,延伸,绵延,伸长blow-up爆炸,爆破,炸毁,爆炸性增长build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的make federal case办理联邦案件,办理联邦手续,办理联邦案,办理联邦立案make mountain out of molehill山穷水尽疑无路overembellish过奖,过奖的,过奖了,过度美化play up玩起来,发挥作用,发挥,玩起来了spread on thick铺上厚厚的一层,铺上厚厚一层,铺上了厚厚的一层,铺满stretch the truth牵强附会,瞒天过海,扯皮,牵强yeast酵母,酵母菌,酵素,酴醾

Examples

  • "I see," said I—for Mr. Brisher is apt to overelaborate his jokes.

  • It ought not to look overelaborate, even though it is spangled with silver or crystal or is made of sheer lace.

  • It was a Cosway; but a Cosway broadened and without a hint of genteel namby-pamby or overelaborate finesse.

  • It is a work unique, perhaps, in its design, but entirely unfeeling and preposterous in its overelaborate decorations.

  • We had had two meals, one of which was as totally unnecessary as the other was overelaborate.