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词汇 decorated
释义 decorated
past simple and past participle ofdecorate
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
They 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。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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
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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
They 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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Praising and applauding
acclaim
acclamation
accolade
adulate
adulation
compliment
complimentary
enthrone
enthronement
eulogistic
eulogistically
eulogize
hail
ooh and aahidiom
ovation
overpraise
overpraised
paean
puff
slap

Examples of decorated


decorated

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


In many cases these vessels are pictorially decorated in the belly area.
In particular, decorated structures that are lexicon morphisms preserve the natural sharing of the lexicon trie.
In 1640 the council reprimanded serving-girls who had been wearing items reserved for the children of distinguished parents, such as pearls and decorated shoes.
Porcelains decorated with pictures inspired by poetry might have appeared in the earlier imperial kilns.
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.
It is in reasonably good condition with only a few inkblots on the gold decorated fore-edges.
Military trophies, rustic altars, funeral pyres, festively illuminated and decorated boats, and live horses adorn the stage.
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.
It is most often decorated with linear and abstract designs, but a fair number are pictorially decorated.
A duck rather than a decorated shed. 3a.
For example, a room had been decorated in a different colour or a new housework routine had been devised.
The method uses parsers that return values (parse trees or error indications) decorated with one of four tags.
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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