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

词态变化


复数: ornaments;第三人称单数: ornaments;过去式: ornamented;过去分词: ornamented;现在分词: ornamenting;

助记提示


1. 或者名字可以用来修饰这个房子.

中文词源


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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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》