| 单词 | garnish |
| 释义 | garnish —garnishable, adj. —garnisher, n. /gahr"nish/, v.t. 1. to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate. 2. to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.: to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley. 3. Law. a. to attach (as money due or property belonging to a debtor) by garnishment; garnishee. b. to summon in, so as to take part in litigation already pending between others. n. 4. something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc. 5. adornment or decoration. 6. Chiefly Brit. a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers. [1300-50; ME garnishen < OF garniss- (extended s. of garnir, guarnir to furnish < Gmc); cf. WARN] Syn. 1. embellish, ornament, beautify, trim, bedeck, bedizen, set off, enhance. 5. ornament; garniture. |
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