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decorative adj.装饰的；装饰性的 (1) 这种风格很华丽，而且装饰效果很好。(2) 这些建筑是实用性的，而不是装饰性的。 The fake buttons on your winter coat are just decorative — then again, your high heeled shoes are more decorative than useful, and your jewelry and makeup is also decorative. The knickknacks on your mantel, the wreath on your front door, and the creepy doll collection in your living room are all decorative as well. These things dress up or ornament your home, and decorative comes from the Latin root decorare, "to decorate, adorn, or beautify."

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英 ['dekərətɪv] 美 ['dekəreɪtɪv] (1) The style is ornate and highly decorative.(2) The buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative. Things that are decorative have no purpose except to look pretty. Blueberry bushes produce fruit that humans and birds can eat, while boxwood shrubs are purely decorative. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]装饰性的；用作装饰的 Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive. The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.那些窗帘纯粹是作装饰用的，不能拉开或合上。...highly decorative iron brackets.装饰性很强的铁支架

英语单词	decorative
英美音标	英 ['dekərətɪv] 美 ['dekəreɪtɪv]
中文释义	adj.装饰的；装饰性的
英语例句	(1) The style is ornate and highly decorative. (2) The buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative.
中文例句	(1) 这种风格很华丽，而且装饰效果很好。 (2) 这些建筑是实用性的，而不是装饰性的。
vocabulary简明	Things that are decorative have no purpose except to look pretty. Blueberry bushes produce fruit that humans and birds can eat, while boxwood shrubs are purely decorative.
vocabulary扩展	The fake buttons on your winter coat are just decorative — then again, your high heeled shoes are more decorative than useful, and your jewelry and makeup is also decorative. The knickknacks on your mantel, the wreath on your front door, and the creepy doll collection in your living room are all decorative as well. These things dress up or ornament your home, and decorative comes from the Latin root decorare, "to decorate, adorn, or beautify."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]装饰性的；用作装饰的 Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive. The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close. 那些窗帘纯粹是作装饰用的，不能拉开或合上。 ...highly decorative iron brackets. 装饰性很强的铁支架

Decorative Things Purely 英 Dekərətɪv] 美 Dekəreɪtɪv Adj.装饰的；装饰性的 Style