decorate
英 ['dek?re?t]
美['d?k?ret]
- vt. 装饰；布置；授勋给
- vi. 装饰；布置
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?decorates;过去式:?decorated;过去分词:?decorated;现在分词:?decorating;
中文词源
decorate 装潢
来自decor, 装饰。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.
- 用贝壳来装点盒子、托盘、镜子甚至是花盆。
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- 2. How could we decorate the room to liven it up?
- 我们怎么才能把这房间装饰得更有生气呢？
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- 3. Use any pastry trimmings to decorate the apples.
- 用剩余的油酥面皮装饰苹果。
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- 4. Decorate the tunic with sequins or glitter.
- 用些圆形小金属片或发光小亮片装饰这件女式短上衣。
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- 5. Constable posters decorate the walls.
- 康斯太布尔风景画的海报装点着那些墙面。
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