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单词 embellish
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•bel•lish /ɛmˈbɛlɪʃ/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to make more beautiful by decorating or ornamenting;
    adorn:a dress embellished with pearls.
  2. to include extra and elaborate additions:He embellished his signature with a drawing.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•bel•lish  (em bel′ish),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation;
    ornament;
    adorn.
  2. to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
  • Latin bellus pretty) + -iss- -ish2
  • Anglo-French, Middle French embeliss- (stem of embelir), equivalent. to em- em-1 + bel- (
  • Middle English embelisshen 1300–50
em•bel′lish•er, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
embellish /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/ vb (transitive)
  1. to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn
  2. to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French embelir, from bel beautiful, from Latin bellus

emˈbellisher n emˈbellishment n
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