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Ornate Style Letters Today 英 ɔː'Neɪt] 美 ɔːr'neɪt Adj.华丽的;装饰的

英语单词 ornate
英美音标 英 [ɔː'neɪt] 美 [ɔːr'neɪt]
中文释义 adj.华丽的;装饰的
英语例句 (1) The style is ornate and highly decorative.
(2) That style of architecture is too ornate for my taste.
(3) The parks of this city are famous for their ornate fountains.
中文例句 (1) 这种风格很华丽,而且装饰效果很好。
(2) 那种建筑风格太华丽了,不对我的口味。
(3) 这个城市的公园以其华丽的喷泉而著名。
vocabulary简明 If something is ornate — whether it's a ball gown, a set of dishes, or a poem — it seems to be covered in ornaments. It's lavish, flowery, or heavily adorned.
vocabulary扩展 Look at the first four letters of ornate, and you'll spot the beginning of its close relative ornament. Ornate most often describes how something looks, but it doesn't have to be visual. The prose in Victorian love letters was more ornate than the email messages people send today. The ornate gilded mirrors and enormous chandeliers in the palace at Versailles were the height of fashion in Marie Antoinette's time, but home decor is simpler today. Now, it seems too ornate.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]装饰华丽的;修饰繁复的 An ornate building, piece of furniture, or object is decorated with complicated patterns or shapes.
  • ...an ornate iron staircase.

    装饰华丽的铁艺楼梯

  • ...the big dining-room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling.

    带有巨大壁炉和华美天花板的宽敞餐厅

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  • Eventually they reached a pair of ornately carved doors.

    他们最终来到一扇雕刻精美的对开门前。

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