overelaborate / adjective ˈoʊ vər ɪˈlæb ər ɪt; verb ˌoʊ vər ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt /

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overelaborate3 个定义

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

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

  1. 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

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

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

overelaborate 近义词

overelaborate

等同于 ornate

overelaborate

等同于 embroider

更多overelaborate例句

  1. "I see," said I—for Mr. Brisher is apt to overelaborate his jokes.
  2. It ought not to look overelaborate, even though it is spangled with silver or crystal or is made of sheer lace.
  3. It was a Cosway; but a Cosway broadened and without a hint of genteel namby-pamby or overelaborate finesse.
  4. It is a work unique, perhaps, in its design, but entirely unfeeling and preposterous in its overelaborate decorations.
  5. We had had two meals, one of which was as totally unnecessary as the other was overelaborate.