adorn
英語
[编辑]詞源
[编辑]繼承自中古英語 adornen、adournen,源自拉丁語 adōrnāre,adōrnō 的現在主動不定式;源自 ad + ōrnō (“裝飾,修飾”)。參見 adore、ornate。代替了借自古法語 aorner 的中古英語 aournen (“裝飾”),其亦來自同一拉丁語詞彙。
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[编辑]動詞
[编辑]adorn (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 adorns,現在分詞 adorning,一般過去時及過去分詞 adorned)
- 點綴,修飾
- 近義詞: beautify、bedeck、decorate、deck、grace、ornament、prettify;亦參見Thesaurus:decorate
- a character adorned with every Christian grace
- 一个充满着基督教恩典的人物
- a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters
- 画廊里陈列着一些伟大大师的作品
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 61:10:
- as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels
- 又像新婦佩戴妝飾
- Template:RQ:Goldsmith Deserted Village
- 1980, Robert M. Jones 編, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN,頁號 38:
- Durable, water-resistant and easy to clean, tiles have adorned Persian mosques, Moorish palaces and the parlors of Dutch burgers.
- 瓷砖耐用、防水且易于清洁,曾装饰波斯清真寺、摩尔宫殿和荷兰汉堡店。
派生詞彙
[编辑]名詞
[编辑]adorn
- (棄用) 裝飾
- 1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book III, Canto XII”, 出自 仙后(The Faerie Qveene . […]), London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Her brest all naked, as nett yvory
Without adorne of gold or silver bright- 姑娘袒露象牙般的洁白双乳,
没有任何金银配饰或者装束(2015年北京时代华文书局出版,邢怡译)
- 姑娘袒露象牙般的洁白双乳,
形容詞
[编辑]adorn
- (棄用) 裝飾的
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- And to realities yield all her shows:
Made so adorn for thy delight the more- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)