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n.
修饰,装饰物
adj.
修饰的




    Adorn \A*dorn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adorned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Adorning}.] [OE. aournen, anournen, adornen, OF. aorner, fr.
    L. aaornare; ad + ornare to furnish, embellish. See {Adore},
    {Ornate}.]
    To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to
    advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

    As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. --Isa.
    lxi. 10.

    At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
    His looks adorned the venerable place. --Goldsmith.

    Syn: To deck; decorate; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace;
    dignify; exalt; honor.

    Usage: To {Adorn}, {Ornament}, {Decorate}, {Embellish}. We
    decorate and ornament by putting on some adjunct which
    is attractive or beautiful, and which serves to
    heighten the general effect. Thus, a lady's head-dress
    may be ornament or decorated with flowers or jewelry;
    a hall may be decorated or ornament with carving or
    gilding, with wreaths of flowers, or with hangings.
    Ornament is used in a wider sense than decorate. To
    embellish is to beautify or ornament richly, not so
    much by mere additions or details as by modifying the
    thing itself as a whole. It sometimes means gaudy and
    artificial decoration. We embellish a book with rich
    engravings; a style is embellished with rich and
    beautiful imagery; a shopkeeper embellishes his front
    window to attract attention. Adorn is sometimes
    identical with decorate, as when we say, a lady was
    adorned with jewels. In other cases, it seems to imply
    something more. Thus, we speak of a gallery of
    paintings as adorned with the works of some of the
    great masters, or adorned with noble statuary and
    columns. Here decorated and ornamented would hardly be
    appropriate. There is a value in these works of genius
    beyond mere show and ornament. Adorn may be used of
    what is purely moral; as, a character adorned with
    every Christian grace. Here neither decorate, nor
    ornament, nor embellish is proper.

    1. Family and friends of kidnapped Professor Thomas Sutherland marked the start of his fourth year in captivity by adorning trees on campus with new yellow ribbons.
    2. Earlier Saturday, workers prepared for the outdoor Mass by adorning the stairs to St. Peter's with thousands of flowers of a multitude of colors.
    3. Sainsbury isn't alone; retailer Marks & Spencer PLC's St. Michael brand may be Britain's most popular label, adorning food, clothing, bedding and a new line of classical recordings.
    4. And her smiling face _ adorning 40 breakfast products from pancakes to syrup to grits _ is the same.
    5. I suppose if you went to a Christian church, you would tell of a cannibalistic death cult (referring to its practice of communion and the crucifixes adorning church walls and worshipers' necks).
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