| 词汇 | festooned |
| 释义 | festooned past simple and past participle offestoon festoon verb[ T ] uk /fesˈtuːn/ us /fesˈtuːn/ to decorate a room or other place for a special occasion by hanging coloured paper, lights, flowers, etc. around it, especially in curves: be festooned withThe hall was festooned with Christmas lights and holly.大厅里悬挂着圣诞彩灯和冬青枝。 Decorating or making something attractive accessorize adorn adornment beautification beautify embellish embellishment festoon flock foliated garland ornamentation ornate over-glamorize overdecorate overdecoration unembellished window dressing yarn bombing zhuzh Examples of festoonedfestooned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As well as these practical concerns the wild wooded hills of the two hectare site are to be festooned with three follies. Some of us are left festooned with the record of our own past follies around our necks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is probably festooned with cobwebs, strewn with horse bags, and with an all-pervading air of horse manure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The river banks are festooned with the most unsightly rubbish, most of which has come from discharges from sewage plants during periods of high rainfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would then be festooned with agencies interfering in almost every human activity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us accept that we are not worried about the terraces being festooned with rioting old age pensioners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases its members are besieged in semi-fortresses, festooned with barbed wire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would return about half an hour later with the broomstick festooned with cans of beer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a constitution festooned with all sorts of obstacles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its unkempt banks are festooned with all manner of discarded materials, from sanitary ware to leaflets promoting the virtues of the poll tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Purely academic discourses, festooned with statistics, merely lead to people switching off their sets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall support any devolutionary measure, however small, festooned with however much public relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We never read the papers, but we were festooned with encyclopaedias. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea of forcing nations together instead of nations working together as equals is festooned with doom and potential disaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only conclude that what they have in mind is a kind of petrified forest festooned with rules, regulations and controls, and possibly rations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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