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embroidery n.刺绣品；粉饰；刺绣 (1) 我现在太忙，没有时间刺绣了。(2) 可能是刺绣，也可能是珠饰或者其它。 Embroidery also has a common figurative meaning of something deceptive, or an excessive and unnecessary detail designed to mislead, or simply something vain and foolish (see embellishment.) The great American designer Buckminster Fuller summed up this sense of the word nicely: "Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

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英 [ɪm'brɔɪdəri] 美 [ɪm'brɔɪdəri] (1) I am too busy to make any embroidery now.(2) It could be embroidery or it could be beading,etc. Embroidery is the act of decorating a piece of cloth with a stitched design. You may have seen large medieval examples of embroidery hanging on the walls of museums depicting flowers and wild animals and the like. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]绣花；刺绣品 Embroidery consists of designs stitched into cloth. The shorts had blue embroidery over the pockets...这条短裤的口袋上有蓝色刺绣。The panel contains an embroidery.这块饰片上有刺绣。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]刺绣 Embroidery is the activity of stitching designs onto cloth. She learned sewing, knitting and embroidery.她学了缝纫、编织和刺绣。

英语单词	embroidery
英美音标	英 [ɪm'brɔɪdəri] 美 [ɪm'brɔɪdəri]
中文释义	n.刺绣品；粉饰；刺绣
英语例句	(1) I am too busy to make any embroidery now. (2) It could be embroidery or it could be beading,etc.
中文例句	(1) 我现在太忙，没有时间刺绣了。 (2) 可能是刺绣，也可能是珠饰或者其它。
vocabulary简明	Embroidery is the act of decorating a piece of cloth with a stitched design. You may have seen large medieval examples of embroidery hanging on the walls of museums depicting flowers and wild animals and the like.
vocabulary扩展	Embroidery also has a common figurative meaning of something deceptive, or an excessive and unnecessary detail designed to mislead, or simply something vain and foolish (see embellishment.) The great American designer Buckminster Fuller summed up this sense of the word nicely: "Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]绣花；刺绣品 Embroidery consists of designs stitched into cloth. The shorts had blue embroidery over the pockets... 这条短裤的口袋上有蓝色刺绣。 The panel contains an embroidery. 这块饰片上有刺绣。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]刺绣 Embroidery is the activity of stitching designs onto cloth. She learned sewing, knitting and embroidery. 她学了缝纫、编织和刺绣。

Embroidery Stitched Designs Cloth 英 ɪm'brɔɪdəri] 美 ɪm'brɔɪdəri N.刺绣品；粉饰；刺绣