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双解例句
小知识
An ornament is a decoration. You can also ornament something by making it more beautiful or festive.
The most common use of ornament is probably in Christmas ornaments, which decorate a tree. Similarly, any ornament makes something prettier, flashier, or more festive. When you ornament something, you're beautifying, embellishing, or adorning it. Women ornament themselves with makeup. Men ornament themselves with face paint at football games. People ornament their offices with pictures of their families. Different cultures have their own ways of ornamenting themselves and their homes. If something looks boring, why not ornament it?
实用短语
单词用法
这组词都有“修饰”“装饰”的意思，其区别是：
adorn是书面语，含有更高雅的意味，可用于人，也可用于物，有时含不仅因装饰而使其美丽悦目，而且被装饰物本身也高雅美观的意味。用于借喻可指增加性格或道德的美。
decorate指装饰较大规模的地方或物体，使其外观美丽动人或炫耀夺目，目的是为了美化或庆祝，也可指为人授勋颁奖。
ornament指用一种东西使事物、环境增添色彩而令人愉快，强调“永久性”。
furnish一般指用家具装饰房间。
garnish一般用于烹饪，偶尔也可用于贵人的服饰。
词根词缀
词根: orn
=embellish,表示”装饰”
adj.
inornate 不加修饰的,[文体等]朴素的in不+ornate充满装饰的→不装饰的
ornate 华美的,充满装饰的orn装饰+ate……的→adj.华美的,充满装饰的
n.
adornment 装饰,装饰品adorn[v.装饰]+ment物→n.装饰,装饰品
ornament 装饰,装饰物orna=orn装饰+ment物→装饰品
v.
adorn 装饰ad加强+orn装饰→v.装饰
ornament 装饰,美化orna=orn装饰+ment物→装饰品
suborn 收买,贿赂sub在下面+orn装饰→在下面装饰[别人]→贿赂
同义词辨析
同义词
同根词
词根：ornament
adj.ornamental装饰的，装饰性的
adv.ornamentally装饰地；用作装饰品地
n.ornamental观赏植物；装饰品
ornamentalist装饰家；设计家