embellish
/ɪmˈbelɪʃ/verb
with obj.
1- make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features装饰, 修饰, 布置:
blue silk embellished with golden embroidery.
绣有金色图案的蓝色丝绸。
1.1
- make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true给(陈述, 故事)添加细节; 渲染; 给…润色:
she had real difficulty telling the truth because she liked to embellish things.
她喜欢添枝加叶, 所以很难讲真话。
派生词
embellisher
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel 'handsome', from Latin bellus.