词汇 | decorate |
释义 | decorate verb uk /ˈdek.ə.reɪt/ us /ˈdek.ər.eɪt/ decorateverb (MAKE ATTRACTIVE)B1[ T ] to add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive: 装饰,装点,打扮 decorate something with somethingThey decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.他们用彩带和鲜花装点婚车。 B1[ I or T ]mainly UK(US usuallyredecorate) to paint the inside or outside of a house or put paper on the inside walls: 粉刷;(给…)贴壁纸 We're going to decorate the kitchen next week.我们下周要粉刷厨房。 I hate the smell of paint when I'm decorating.我刷墙时很讨厌油漆味儿。 to decorate a room, house, etc. decorateUKI love to decorate and create cosy spaces in each room. redecorateI'm redecorating my bedroom in this season's latest colors. refurbishThe University library is currently being refurbished. renovateThey were in the process of renovating an old barn. revampThe restaurant has recently been revamped. do upHe's bought an old cottage and is gradually doing it up. He promised he'd help me decorate, but now he's trying to wriggle out of it. She's even decorated the spare room in anticipation of your visit.她预料到你会来访,连备用客房都装修好了。 In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.大厅中央矗立着一尊用象牙和金子装饰的木质巨型雕像。 She decorated the cake herself.她亲自装点蛋糕。 When we moved in, the house hadn't been decorated for 20 years, and it showed.我们搬进去时,那房子已有20年没有装修过了,这能看得出来。 Decorating or making something attractive accessorize adorn adornment beautification beautify embellishment festoon flock foliated garland ornament ornamentation ornate over-glamorize overdecorate twiddly undecorated unembellished window dressing yarn bombing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Building: interior decoration decorateverb (HONOUR)[ T ] to reward or honour a person by giving them something, especially a medal: (尤指授予奖章以)嘉奖,表彰 be decorated forThey were decorated for their part in the rescue.他们因在此次救援行动中的表现而受到嘉奖。 Praising and applauding acclaim acclamation accolade adulate adulation clap compliment enthrone enthronement eulogistic eulogistically eulogize hail ode ooh ooh and aahidiom ovation overpraise overpraised puff decorate | American Dictionarydecorate verb[ T ] us/ˈdek·əˌreɪt/ decorateverb[T] (MAKE ATTRACTIVE)to add something to an object or place, esp. to make it more attractive: They decorated the table with flowers and candles. decorateverb[T] (HONOR)to reward or honor a person by giving him or her a medal, badge, etc.: All four firefighters were decorated for bravery. Examples of decoratedecorate Gold and silver letters were used, sometimes for the entire text; decorated initials, ornamental borders and miniatures are also frequently found. Animation, divinity and power can thus be ascribed to specific objects that have undergone special rituals and/or are decorated in a certain way. The hall was decorated with furnishings requisitioned from private palaces, as well as the banner of liberty topped by an olive branch. Military trophies, rustic altars, funeral pyres, festively illuminated and decorated boats, and live horses adorn the stage. In this way, each subterm is decorated with its type. We also use the variable n for actor names, decorated with indexes whenever necessary. The whole front of the rail station was decorated, and printed foils were placed on the floor directly below each sound shower. Of three amphoroid kraters the decoration is not known to me, while thirty-two such vessels are decorated with linear, floral or geometrical patterns. A duck rather than a decorated shed. 3a. The method uses parsers that return values (parse trees or error indications) decorated with one of four tags. Dissonance spreads through the harmony, though the strings push on optimistically, the piano decorating until it picks up the reel itself - wonderfully catchy writing, this. The pictures presumably re-ect the fact that inns were traditionally decorated with framed pictures and prints. In general, the membranes of nurse cells and follicle cells were less densely decorated with precipitates than the oolemma. Families, and therefore decorated occurrence nets, are capable of describing relationships between places by grouping them together. They felt as if they were in a ' toyland ' country, inhabited by artistic people, and decorated with beautiful, easily accessible women. See all examples of decorate 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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