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Decorative Embryon Inside 6755.Decorative 英 Dek(ə)Rətɪv]美 Dɛkəretɪv 释义

正面 6755.decorative
英 ['dek(ə)rətɪv]美 ['dɛkəretɪv]

背面
释义:
adj. 装饰性的;装潢用的
例句:
1. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。

1. em- "in" + bryein "swell, grow, be full" => embryon => embryo.2. Greek embryon "a young one," in Homer, "young animal," later, "fruit of the womb," literally "something that grows inside the body".3. The idea underlying embryo is of "growing inside the body".

decorative (adj.)early 15c., from Middle French decoratif, from decorat-, past participle stem of Latin decorare (see decorate)."

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