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单词 ornamental
释义
ornamentalor‧na‧men‧tal /ˌɔːnəˈmentl◂ $ ˌɔːr-/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • ornamental vases
  • A gardener comes in each week to trim the ornamental trees and bushes.
  • an ornamental pond
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Characteristic of the workshop are long ornamental extensions to the initials.
  • I passed through an ornamental entranceway with the street number in wrought iron arched across it in a rainbow shape.
  • Miller quickly assimilated all that his father had himself taught him, within theory and practice of ornamental and kitchen gardening.
  • Prune fruit and other ornamental trees during winter dormancy.
  • Roses have structural as well as ornamental value in the garden.
  • The elevator door on the first floor was ornamental iron lace.
  • There was a tray on an ornamental garden table.
  • This is also the time to experiment with some unusual perennials and ornamental grasses you might not buy normally.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorused to decorate something
things that you use to decorate a place, object, piece of furniture etc especially for a special occasion: · Have you put up your Christmas decorations yet?· The bride's mother had made all the table decorations.
designs and patterns used to decorate buildings, clothes, or furniture: · The only decoration in the room was a picture above the fireplace.· The building was very plain with hardly any decoration at all.for decoration: · These plants are grown mainly for decoration.
an object, often something fairly small, that is used in a room or house to make it look more attractive: · I bought a new Christmas tree ornament - do you want to see it?· Thieves stole all the silver and gold ornaments from the palace.
a small amount of food, often of a different colour, that is used to make a dish look nice or to add taste to it: · Serve the fish with a garnish of lemon.· Fresh parsley is often used for garnishes.
something that is decorative is intended to make a place, object, piece of furniture etc look attractive - use this especially about designs and patterns: · The poem had been embroidered on a pretty decorative pillow.purely/highly decorative: · Many of the nature books are purely decorative, but a few are very informative.
something ornamental , especially in a garden or building, is intended to make a place look more attractive, and usually does not have a useful purpose: · A gardener comes in each week to trim the ornamental trees and bushes.· an ornamental pond
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a pond made to look pretty, rather than a natural one)· They are ideal fish for the ornamental pond.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· If a more decorative fountain is required, an ornamental fountain, such as this dolphin one, can be installed.· Residents will be banned from filling swimming pools and spas, washing their vehicles at home and operating ornamental fountains.· Each ornamental fountain is designed to take a pump outlet so that water can spout from its mouth, shell or similar object.· Turn off B6160 by ornamental fountain.· At Catterick, for instance, the only concentration of pottery was found in the ornamental fountain.· Fountains Many garden pools have ornamental fountains which are switched on on hot days or when you are in the garden.
· There was a tray on an ornamental garden table.· Planting and routine care of top fruit is the same as for ornamental garden trees.
· Laid out as a patio garden, with tall fencing all around and various shrubs, plants and an ornamental pond.· The empty ornamental pond was choked with rotten leaves, starlings blew about the place like avian litter.· You can also use them safely in or around an ornamental pond.· They began almost by accident, when the house they bought contained an unfiltered ornamental pond.
ornamentaldesigned to make something look attractive rather than to be used for a particular purpose:  ornamental gardens The pillars in the centre are purely ornamental.
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