festooned
past simple and past participle offestoon
| 单词 | festooned |
| 释义 | festooned past simple and past participle offestoon festoon verb[T] uk/fesˈtuːn/us/fesˈtuːn/todecoratearoomor otherplacefor aspecialoccasionbyhangingcolouredpaper,lights, orflowersaround it,especiallyincurves: Thehallwas festoonedwithChristmaslightsandholly. Decorating or making something attractive
Examplesoffestoonedfestooned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As well as these practical concerns the wild wooded hills of the two hectare site are to befestoonedwith three follies. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of us are leftfestoonedwith the record of our own past follies around our necks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is probablyfestoonedwith cobwebs, strewn with horse bags, and with an all-pervading air of horse manure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The river banks arefestoonedwith the most unsightly rubbish, most of which has come from discharges from sewage plants during periods of high rainfall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We would then befestoonedwith agencies interfering in almost every human activity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us accept that we are not worried about the terraces beingfestoonedwith rioting old age pensioners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases its members are besieged in semi-fortresses,festoonedwith barbed wire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He would return about half an hour later with the broomstickfestoonedwith cans of beer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a constitutionfestoonedwith all sorts of obstacles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Its unkempt banks arefestoonedwith all manner of discarded materials, from sanitary ware to leaflets promoting the virtues of the poll tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Purely academic discourses,festoonedwith statistics, merely lead to people switching off their sets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall support any devolutionary measure, however small,festoonedwith however much public relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We never read the papers, but we werefestoonedwith encyclopaedias. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea of forcing nations together instead of nations working together as equals isfestoonedwith doom and potential disaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only conclude that what they have in mind is a kind of petrified forestfestoonedwith rules, regulations and controls, and possibly rations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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