decorate 音标拼音: [d'ɛkɚ
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vt . 装饰,装璜;授勋给…
vi . 装饰,布置
装饰,装璜;授勋给…装饰,布置
decorate v 1 :
make more attractive by adding ornament ,
colour ,
etc .;
"
Decorate the room for the party "; "
beautify yourself for the special day " [
synonym : {
decorate }, {
adorn }, {
grace },
{
ornament }, {
embellish }, {
beautify }]
2 :
be beautiful to look at ; "
Flowers adorned the tables everywhere " [
synonym : {
deck }, {
adorn }, {
decorate }, {
grace },
{
embellish }, {
beautify }]
3 :
award a mark of honor ,
such as a medal ,
to ; "
He was decorated for his services in the military "
4 :
provide with decoration ; "
dress the windows " [
synonym : {
dress },
{
decorate }]
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Decorated } (
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Decorating } (
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decoratus ,
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of decorare ,
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decus ornament ;
akin to decere to be becoming .
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Decent }.]
To deck with that which is becoming ,
ornamental ,
or honorary ;
to adorn ;
to beautify ;
to embellish ;
as ,
to decorate the person ;
to decorate an edifice ;
to decorate a lawn with flowers ;
to decorate the mind with moral beauties ;
to decorate a hero with honors .
[
1913 Webster ]
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels ,
rich bracelets decorated her arms . --
Thackeray .
Syn :
To adorn ;
embellish ;
ornament ;
beautify ;
grace .
See {
Adorn }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Decorated style } (
Arch .),
a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture ;
it may be considered as having flourished from about a .
d .
1300 to a .
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1375 .
[
1913 Webster ]
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decorate ":
accouter ,
add ,
adjoin ,
adorn ,
affix ,
agglutinate ,
annex ,
append ,
appoint ,
array ,
attach ,
beautify ,
become one ,
bedeck ,
bedizen ,
blazon ,
burden ,
caparison ,
cite ,
color ,
complicate ,
conjoin ,
convolute ,
crown ,
crown with laurel ,
dandify ,
deck ,
deck out ,
dizen ,
do honor ,
doll up ,
dress ,
dress up ,
elaborate ,
embellish ,
emblazon ,
embroider ,
encumber ,
enrich ,
equip ,
festoon ,
fig out ,
fix up ,
flourish ,
furbish ,
furnish ,
garnish ,
gild ,
glamorize ,
glue on ,
grace ,
gussy up ,
hitch on ,
honor ,
infix ,
involve ,
join with ,
load with ornament ,
ornament ,
overcharge ,
overlay ,
overload ,
paint ,
paste on ,
pay regard to ,
pay tribute ,
plus ,
postfix ,
praise ,
prank ,
prank up ,
preen ,
prefix ,
prettify ,
pretty up ,
primp ,
primp up ,
prink ,
prink up ,
put with ,
redecorate ,
redo ,
refurbish ,
render honor to ,
renovate ,
restore ,
saddle with ,
set off ,
set out ,
slap on ,
smarten ,
smarten up ,
spruce up ,
subjoin ,
suffix ,
superadd ,
superpose ,
tack on ,
tag ,
tag on ,
titivate ,
trick out ,
trick up ,
trim ,
unite with ,
varnish ,
wallpaper
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