adorn
adorn 英 [əˈdɔ:n] 美 [əˈdɔrn]
vt. 装饰；使生色
进行时:adorning 过去式:adorned 过去分词:adorned 第三人称单数:adorns
- To adorn is to dress something up by decorating it. You might adorn your poncho with fringe or your poodle's dog collar with rhinestones.
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- vt. 装饰；使生色
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1. They wash and wax them, go on and on about them - some even adorn them with furry dice.
他们没完没了的为自己的车清洗、打蜡，有些人甚至用毛皮骰子装饰车子。
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2. His tables and chairs are still in the Elysee Palace in Paris and his sofas, bookcase and desk adorn other rooms.
波林的桌子和椅子仍在在法国巴黎的爱丽舍宫，而他的沙发，书柜和书桌，也装饰着其他的房间。
- adorn (v.) late 14c., aournen, later adornen, "to decorate, embellish," also "be an ornament to," from Old French aorner "to order, arrange, dispose, equip; adorn," from Latin adornare "equip, provide, furnish;" also "decorate, embellish," from ad "to" (see ad-) + ornare "prepare, furnish, adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "row, rank, series, arrangement" (see order (n.)). The -d- was reinserted by French scribes 14c. and in English from late 15c. Related: Adorned; adorning.
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