adorn

单词辨析:

ornament adorn decorate 【导航词义:装饰】
ornament v. 点缀,装饰
〔辨析〕

通常用于 be ornamented with sth 结构中,指以精美之物美化某处或某物,常可与 decorate 换用。

〔例证〕

Her living room is ornamented/decorated with flowers.

她的客厅里装点着鲜花。

She likes the skirt ornamented/decorated with lace.

她喜欢那条镶着花边的裙子。

adorn v. [正式]装饰
〔辨析〕

指以装饰、点缀之物使人、事物、场所等生色,常可与介词 with 连用。

〔例证〕

She adorned her novel with love affairs.

她用爱情情节点缀其小说。

Her bedroom is adorned with roses.

她的卧室饰有玫瑰花。

decorate v. 装饰
〔辨析〕

普通用词,多指对具体场所、事物等进行装饰,使之更加美观,常与介词 with 连用。

〔例证〕

Our classroom was decorated with flowers on New Year's Day.

元旦那天我们教室里装点着鲜花。

People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.

人们在圣诞节时经常用冬青树枝来装饰房屋。

His pictures decorate the walls of the bedroom very well.

他的画把卧室的墙装饰得很好看。

相关例句:

Great composers adorn their works with simplicity.

伟大的作曲家总是以质朴使其作品生色。

In fact, it is the happy clips, adorn became our happy life.

其实,也正是这些幸福的片断,点缀成了我们快乐的生活。

In ancient China, the elite liked to adorn themselves with spectacular objects such as jade and silk.

在中国古代,贵族以华丽的丝绸和玉石来打扮自己。

But vintage clapboard buildings and weathered Chinese storefronts still adorn this tropical town.

但是,老式的建筑物和风化的隔板,中文的店面依然装饰点着这个热带的城市。

To ornament or adorn, often garishly.

装饰或修饰,通常是华美地,耀眼地。

Do you want adorn your hair with accessories?

想过给你的头发来点什么装饰了吗?