ornament
英 ['ɔːnəm(ə)nt]
美 ['ɔrnəmənt]
- n. 装饰；[建][服装] 装饰物；教堂用品
- vt. 装饰，修饰
CET4 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 TOEFL CET6
1. 或者名字可以用来修饰这个房子.
ornament 装饰品来自拉丁语ornare,装饰，来自ordnare,安排，布置，词源同order,adorn.-ment,名词后缀。引申词义装饰品。
- ornament
- ornament: [14] Ornament comes from Latin ōrnāmentum, a derivative of the verb ōrnāre ‘equip, get ready’, hence ‘decorate’. This also forms the basis of English adorn [14] and suborn [16] (etymologically ‘equip secretly’).
=> adorn, suborn - ornament (n.)
- early 13c., "an accessory," from Old French ornement "ornament, decoration," and directly from Latin ornamentum "apparatus, equipment, trappings; embellishment, decoration, trinket," from ornare "equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" in English is attested from late 14c. (also a secondary sense in classical Latin). Figurative use from 1550s.
- ornament (v.)
- 1720, from ornament (n.). Middle English used ournen (late 14c.) in this sense, from Old French orner, from Latin ornare. Related: Ornamented; ornamenting.
- 1. The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more.
- 这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The flowers were put on the table for ornament.
- 花放在桌子上做装饰用.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The baroque style is rich in ornament.
- 巴罗克风格极具装饰性.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.
- 她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. She is totally without ornament.
- 她没有一点装饰.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
