embellishment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of embellishing. countable,uncountable
  2. An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish. countable,uncountable
    — Reflection had given calmness to her judgment, and sobered her own opinion of Willoughby's deserts; — she wished, therefore, to declare only the simple truth, and lay open such facts as were really due to his character, without any embellishment of tenderness to lead the fancy astray.

词形变化

embellishments plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overembellishment

词源

Etymology tree
English embellish
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English embellishment
From embellish + -ment.
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