英语词汇“embellishment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

embellishembellish /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYembellish

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French embelir, from bel beautiful

VERB TABLE

embellish

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	embellish
	he, she, it	embellishes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	embellished
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have embellished
	he, she, it	has embellished
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had embellished
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will embellish
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have embellished

Continuous Form
Present	I	am embellishing
	he, she, it	is embellishing
	you, we, they	are embellishing
Past	I, he, she, it	was embellishing
	you, we, they	were embellishing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been embellishing
	he, she, it	has been embellishing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been embellishing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be embellishing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been embellishing

1to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are not true: Lynn couldn’t help embellishing the story.2to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it: embellish something with something The dress is embellished with gold threads. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French embelir, from bel beautiful]—embellishment noun [countable, uncountable]