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[T]to make something morebeautifulbyaddingsomething to it: Theceilingwas embellishedwithflowersandleaves.天花板上装饰着花和叶。 Synonymdecorate(MAKE ATTRACTIVE) Comparebeautify prettifyoftendisapproving [IorT]toaddorchangesomedetailsof astory, usually to make it moreinterestingorexciting: He couldn'tresistembellishing thestoryof hisaccidenta little.在讲述他出的那起事故时，他忍不住添油加醋地渲染了一番。 I don'tblamehim for embellishing. Compareelaborateverbformal expand onsomething expatiateformaldisapproving expoundformal - Embellish thewreathwithribbons,glitter, andberries.
- Thefoyer, embellished withgold,velvetandcrystal, waslitbychandeliers.
- Themansionhas beenenlargedand embellished over theyears.
- He sometimes had to embellish thefactsinorderto, as hesawit,highlightthetruth.
- There wereclaimsthecandidatehad embellished hiswarrecord.
- There was no need toflatteror embellish.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDecorating or making something attractive - accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautification
- beautify
- flatter
- flock
- foliated
- garland
- gewgaw
- glam
- ornamentation
- ornate
- over-glamorize
- overdecorate
- overdecoration
- twiddly
- window dressing
- yarn bombing
- zhuzh
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Exaggerating & playing down to make something morebeautifulorinterestingbyaddingsomething to it 装饰，修饰；给…添枝加叶，渲染Theceilingwas embellishedwithflowersandleaves.天花板上装饰着花和叶。 He couldn'tresistembellishing thestoryof hisaccidenta little.在讲述他出的那起事故时，他忍不住添油加醋地渲染了一番。 embellish| American Dictionaryto make something morebeautifulorinterestingbyadditionsordetails: Many earlybuildingentranceswererichlyembellished. If you embellish astoryorstatement, youadddetailsthat are notcompletelytrueinorderto make it moreinteresting: He couldn’tresistembellishing hisaccountof theAfricansafari. Examplesofembellishembellish Other attempts toembellishriding dress were doomed to failure.From theCambridge English Corpus The cultural development of a simply constructed and, therefore, more elastic language proceeds more productively than an old-fashioned, richly embellished one with minutely entangled forms.From theCambridge English Corpus They are cartoon-like versions of the animal: personified, embellished and layered with cultural symbolism.From theCambridge English Corpus Additionally, as much research has demonstrated, martial qualities have often been invented, embellished, and mythologized for political reasons.From theCambridge English Corpus This is not to excuse bogus originality designed toembellishplain fact.From theCambridge English Corpus Toembellishbuilding was once the noblest function of the fine arts; they were the indispensable components of great architecture.From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, families were attached to their property and to their province, and the countryside was greatly embellished.From theCambridge English Corpus The group appeared to play from a single line, embellishing this with heterophonous ornamentation.From theCambridge English Corpus A little fewer than a third of the speakers provided examples where they had been able to refine orembellishthe narrative during planning time.From theCambridge English Corpus Although the story is embellished and varied in myriad guises, the basic outline remains essentially the same.From theCambridge English Corpus The story was embellished and retold in plays, ballads, and chapbooks.From theCambridge English Corpus In this case, oral sources over several generations had embellished actual events to create an edifying and dramatic, but entirely fictitious, tale of divine retribution.From theCambridge English Corpus In general, children who engage in rich, embellished reminiscing with their caregivers come to discuss their past experiences in more coherent and detailed ways.From theCambridge English Corpus The composer's genuine gift for illuminating and embellishing texts was instantly in evidence.From theCambridge English Corpus They fabricate,embellish, or restructure their recollections in order to pander to the pleasure, curiosity, and predilections of others.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |