adorn
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继承自中古英语 adornen、adournen，源自拉丁语 adōrnāre，adōrnō 的现在主动不定式；源自 ad + ōrnō (“装饰，修饰”)。参见 adore、ornate。代替了借自古法语 aorner 的中古英语 aournen (“装饰”)，其亦来自同一拉丁语词汇。
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动词[编辑]
adorn (第三人称单数简单现在时 adorns，现在分词 adorning，一般过去时及过去分词 adorned)
- 点缀，修饰
- 近义词： beautify、bedeck、decorate、deck、grace、ornament、prettify；亦参见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
- 又像新妇佩戴妆饰
- Template:RQ:Goldsmith Deserted Village
- 1980, Robert M. Jones 编, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN，页号 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。
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adorn
- (弃用) 装饰
- 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，
形容词[编辑]
adorn
- (弃用) 装饰的
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 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- （请为本引文添加中文翻译）