decorate

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:

Shall we decorate our room with maps and pictures?

我们用地图和图画装饰我们的房间?

Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.

用贝壳来装点盒子、托盘、镜子甚至是花盆。

People decorate their houses with paper decorations and leaves and branches.

人们就开始用纸饰、叶子和树枝来装饰自己的房子。

We decided to decorate the bedroom with blue paint and a gold paper.

我们决定用蓝漆和一种金色纸装饰卧室。

How could we decorate the room to liven it up?

我们怎么才能把这房间装饰得更有生气呢?

In this house, I use a lot of plants to decorate it.

在这个房子里,我用了很多的植物来装扮。