vt.　〈正〉装饰；装扮make sth or sb look more attractive by decorating it or them with sth

　～ a story　使故事增色
　～ oneself　打扮自己
　～ the room　装饰房间
　～ a room with antiques　用古董装饰房间
　～ a room with flowers　用花装饰屋子
　～ oneself with jewels　佩戴宝石
　～ one's bedroom with roses　用玫瑰花来装饰卧室
　be ～ed with beautiful paintings　用美丽的绘画装饰
　be ～ed with excellent illustrations　因精美的插图而增色生辉

　A gold vase adorned the table.　金瓶使这桌子生色不少。
　Wild flowers adorned the river bank.　野花装点着河岸。
　A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls.　墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
　Graffiti adorned the walls.　这些墙遭到乱画乱涂。
　They adorned their hair garlands of flowers.　她们头上戴着花环。
　Gold rings adorned his fingers.　他手指戴着几枚金戒指。
　A simple gold pin adorned her dress.　她的衣裙上装饰着一枚朴素的金质胸针。
　Noble women adorn their land.　高尚的妇女为国增添光彩。
　The long history of culture adorns our country.　悠久的文化历史为我们的国家增添光彩。
　He recounted and adorned his adventure.　他叙述了他那不寻常的经历，多少有点渲染。
　The cruel king wore human-skin robes and adorned his palace walls with enemy's bleached skulls.　这个残酷的国王穿着用人皮制成的大袍，宫殿的墙壁上装饰着经过漂白的敌人的骷髅。
　She adorned herself with pearls.　她佩戴珠宝。
　She loved to adorn herself with finery.　她喜欢穿戴华丽的服饰来美化自己。
　The pretty girl doesn't like to adorn herself with jewels.　这位美丽的姑娘不喜欢用珠宝来装饰自己。
　The children adorned themselves with flowers.　孩子们佩戴着鲜花。
　Great composers adorn their works with simplicity.　伟大的作曲家总是以质朴使其作品生色。
　He adorned his story with all sorts of adventures that never happened.　他在故事里编造了各式各样的离奇情节，为其增色。
　His house was lavishly adorned.　他的屋子装饰得很华丽。
　The platform was adorned with flowers.　讲台上布置着鲜花。
　The walls were adorned with paintings.　墙上装饰了绘画。
　Their house is adorned with beautiful antiques.　他们房子里有美丽的古董装饰。
　The altars were adorned with orange feathers, chrysanthemums and gold cloth.　圣坛用橘黄色的羽毛，菊花和金线织物装饰着。
　The bride's hair was adorned with pearls and white flowers.　新娘的头发用珍珠和白花装饰着。
　And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers.　他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。
　His small white hands were adorned with two valuable rings.　他那白皙的小手上戴着两枚名贵的戒指。
　Her character is adorned with many virtues.　她的性格有许多优点。
　She never wasted time adorning herself.　她从不在装饰打扮上浪费时间。
　She felt her dining table adorned by the presence of the Minister.　她觉得部长的出席给她的餐桌增添了光彩。

 ♣ adorn, decorate, furnish, garnish, ornament
　这组词都有“修饰”“装饰”的意思，其区别是：adorn是书面语，含有更高雅的意味，可用于人，也可用于物，有时含不仅因装饰而使其美丽悦目，而且被装饰物本身也高雅美观的意味。用于借喻可指增加性格或道德的美。decorate指装饰较大规模的地方或物体，使其外观美丽动人或炫耀夺目，目的是为了美化或庆祝，也可指为人授勋颁奖。ornament指用一种东西使事物、环境增添色彩而令人愉快，强调“永久性”。furnish一般指用家具装饰房间。garnish一般用于烹饪，偶尔也可用于贵人的服饰。

　［派生词］ adornment n.装饰；装饰品