ornate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ɔɹˈneɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To adorn or honour (someone or something). obsolete
    — And truely thoſe that lyue in the feare of god, (conſydering that they ſerue not only their carnal maiſters, but God hymſelfe,) they be in a good caſe: but they may not bee eye ſeruauntes. […] Saincte Paule woulde haue them to lyue ſo, that they maye ornate and ſanctifye the name of God.
形容词 adj.
  1. Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
    — The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
  2. Flashy, flowery or showy.
  3. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
    — a graceful and ornate rhetoric

词形变化

more ornate comparative most ornate superlative ornates present,singular,third-person ornating participle,present ornated participle,past ornated past

词汇关系

衍生词
inornate ornate aphid ornate hawk-eagle ornate horned toad ornateness ornate rainbowfish ornate shrew ornate tinamou overornate unornate
相关词
ornament

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of orné.
词源 2
From Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orner.
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