ornament

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:

The design process followed a deep exploration of ornament, antiques and the psycology of a collector;

在设计过程中对装饰,古董以及收藏家心理进行了深度研究。

An ornament ( such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat.

带在帽子上的装饰品(比如缎带的节或园花饰)。

She smashed his skull with a 3.7kg ornament.

她用一个3.7千克的重物击破了他的头颅。

East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms.

东印度灌木,特别为装饰而种植,有淡黄到深紫色的花。

The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space.

地球让我们想起了圣诞树上的装饰球,不过悬挂到了漆黑的太空中。

Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.

在瓦屋顶的屋檐上掩藏瓦片间的连接点的雕刻性的装饰品。