with obj.
1
- decorate or embellish (something, especially food)装饰, 点缀(某物, 尤指食物):
capers are often used to garnish cocktail savouries.
马槟榔常用来点缀餐前开胃小菜。
2
- Law serve notice on (a third party) for the purpose of legally seizing money belonging to a debtor or defendant【律】(为合法扣押属于债务人或被告的钱财)传讯(第三方)。
2.1
- seize (money, especially part of a person's salary) to settle a debt or claim为偿付债务(或理赔)而扣押(钱财, 尤指个人薪资):
the IRS garnished his earnings.
美国国内税务局扣押了他的所得。
- a decoration or embellishment for something, especially food(尤指食物上的)装饰品, 点缀品。
派生词
garnishment
noun词源
Middle English (in the sense 'equip, arm'): from Old French garnir, probably of Germanic origin and related to WARN. Sense 1 dates from the late 17th cent.