ornament

• n. 装饰；[建][服装] 装饰物；教堂用品
• vt. 装饰，修饰

来自拉丁语ornare,装饰，来自ordnare,安排，布置，词源同order,adorn.-ment,名词后缀。引申词义装饰品。

1. something used to beautify

ornament

ornament: [14] Ornament comes from Latin ōrnāmentum, a derivative of the verb ōrnāre ‘equip, get ready’, hence ‘decorate’. This also forms the basis of English adorn [14] and suborn [16] (etymologically ‘equip secretly’).
=> adorn, suborn

ornament (n.)

early 13c., "an accessory," from Old French ornement "ornament, decoration," and directly from Latin ornamentum "apparatus, equipment, trappings; embellishment, decoration, trinket," from ornare "equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" in English is attested from late 14c. (also a secondary sense in classical Latin). Figurative use from 1550s.

ornament (v.)

1720, from ornament (n.). Middle English used ournen (late 14c.) in this sense, from Old French orner, from Latin ornare. Related: Ornamented; ornamenting.

decorate, ornament

这两个动词均含"装饰"之意。

decorate： 普通用词，指对人或物进行装饰，使之更加完美。

ornament： 指装饰以精美之物，使某处或某物增添美丽的或景色。

We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper review published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War Ⅱ, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the pu

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

a china/glass ornament

瓷器 / 玻璃装饰品

牛津词典

The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more.

这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。

牛津词典

The building is an ornament to the city.

这座建筑物为整个城市增色不少。

牛津词典

a room richly ornamented with carving

雕饰得富丽堂皇的屋子

牛津词典

...a shelf containing a few photographs and ornaments.

摆放着几张照片和些许装饰品的架子

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Christmas tree ornaments.

圣诞树装饰物

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I guessed he was the chief because he wore more gold ornaments than the others.

我估计他是酋长，因为他戴的金饰最多。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...walls of glass overlaid with ornament.

贴着装饰物的玻璃墙

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I have always considered my face a convenience rather than an ornament.

我一直把我的面孔与其看作是装饰品,倒不如说是看作一种方便的东西.

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Something, such as a handcuff, that resembles a wrist ornament.

类似于手腕装饰物的东西, 如手铐.

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Indeed the river is a perpetual gala and boasts each month a new ornament.

清溪一曲,其风光旖旎,四时不辍,每天好像都是令节佳日,每月都有新的点缀.

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She is totally without ornament.

她没有一点装饰.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He was an ornament to his country.

他是为国增光的人物.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I played with you all day long and made you my ornament.

我终日拨弄你,使你成了我增加光彩的装饰物.

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A spangle used to ornament a dress or costume.

亮片用来装饰衣服或服装的金属片.

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I used to have a companion to that ornament, but I broke it.

我原来还有一件装饰品和那一个配对, 可是我把它弄坏了.

《简明英汉词典》

Beautify your tongues. O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty.

人们阿, 用诚实美化你们的言辞, 用正直装饰你们的灵魂.

期刊摘选

The baroque style is rich in ornament.

巴罗克风格极具装饰性.

《简明英汉词典》

His closely shaved head was without ornament of any kind.

在他那剃得光光的脑袋上,没有任何装饰品.

辞典例句

Ornament : Flourish pattternused as a decoration on page.

装饰图: 书页上装饰用的花式图案.

期刊摘选

Medical, aviation, ornament, spectacle frame, filter net, metallurgy and so on.

医疗 、 航空 、 首饰 、 眼镜架 、 过滤网 、 冶金等行业.

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A small circle, especially a circular ornament.

一个用来套住某人餐巾的圆形金属小环.

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She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.

她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品.

《简明英汉词典》

It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space.

本来应该空出来的地方却堆满了装饰品,真是多余.

期刊摘选

Learning an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, a provision in old age.

学问在得意时是装饰品, 失意时是庇护所, 年老时是供应品.

期刊摘选

His person and manners must ornament his goodness with every possible charm.

他的相貌和举止也必须是最漂亮、最优雅的,必须能够为他的美德增加光彩.

辞典例句