decorate
英 ['dek?re?t]
美 ['d?k?ret]
中文詞源
英文詞源
- decorate
- decorate: [16] Decorate comes from Latin decorātus, the past participle of decorāre ‘make beautiful’, a verb derived from decus ‘ornament’. Its root, decor-, also produced the adjective decorus ‘beautiful, seemly’, from which English gets decorous [17] and, via its neuter singular form, decorum [16]. Décor is a 19th-century borrowing from French, where it was a derivative of the verb décorer. From the same ultimate source come decent and dignity.
=> decent, dignity, decorous - decorate (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare "to decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify," from decus (genitive decoris) "an ornament," from PIE root *dek- "to receive, be suitable" (see decent). Related: Decorated; decorating.
雙語例句
- 1. Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.
- 用貝殼來裝點(diǎn)盒子、托盤、鏡子甚至是花盆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. How could we decorate the room to liven it up?
- 我們?cè)趺床拍馨堰@房間裝飾得更有生氣呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Use any pastry trimmings to decorate the apples.
- 用剩余的油酥面皮裝飾蘋果。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.
- 用些圓形小金屬片或發(fā)光小亮片裝飾這件女式短上衣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Constable posters decorate the walls.
- 康斯太布爾風(fēng)景畫的海報(bào)裝點(diǎn)著那些墻面。
來自柯林斯例句