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单词 embellishing
释义

embellish /im-belˈish/

transitive verb
  1. To make beautiful with ornaments
  2. To decorate
  3. To make graceful
  4. To illustrate pictorially (eg a book)
  5. To add interesting and possibly untruthful details to (an account, narrative, etc)
ORIGIN: Fr embellir, embellissant, from em- in, and bel (beau) beautiful

embellˈisher noun

embellˈishingly adverb

embellˈishment noun

  1. The act of embellishing or adorning
  2. A decoration
  3. Ornament
  4. A detail, possibly untrue, added to a story to make it more interesting

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