embellish

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
    — The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
  2. To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary. broadly
    — A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
  3. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
    — to embellish a story, the truth

词形变化

embellishes present,singular,third-person embellishing participle,present embellished participle,past embellished past

词源

From Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel.
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