单词 | ornate |
释义 | ornate[ɒ:'neit]a. 装饰的, 华丽的 ornate or.nate AHD: [ôr-n³t“] D.J. [%86ne!t]K.K. [%r6net]adj.(形容词)1. Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.装饰华丽的:精心地、过度地和经常过分地装饰的2. Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery.华丽的:风格或形式俗艳的、炫耀的或华丽的;华丽的语源:1. Middle English 中古英语 2. from Latin ½rn³tus [past participle of] ½rn³re [to embellish] * see ar- 源自 拉丁语 ½rn³tus [] ½rn³re的过去分词 [进行装饰] *参见 ar- 继承用法:ornate“ly adv.(副词)ornate“ness n.(名词)参考词汇:1. ornate,florid,flamboyant,baroque,rococo2. These adjectives mean elaborately, often excessively ornamented.这些形容词的意思是精心地、经常过分地装饰的。3. Ornate implies lavishness and heaviness: Ornate 隐约有奢华和过度的含义: The senator gave a florid speech.议员作了一番词藻华美的演说。4. Flamboyant relates to a French Gothic architectural style marked by wavy flamelike forms;in a less technical sensethe term suggests excessively vivid color, overwrought design, or striking audacity or verve: Flamboyant 与一种法国哥德式建筑风格有关,该风格以类似跳动火焰的设计为特色;在非专业技术含义中,该词意味着过分活泼的色彩、过度夸张的设计或令人震惊的大胆或气魄: “that flamboyant but egotistical figure, Alexander the Great” (H.G. Wells).“亚历山大大帝,一个气贯长虹的但却相当自我的人物” (H·G·威尔斯)。5. Baroque applies to a European artistic style marked by ornate scrolls and curves.It often connotes rich, sometimes bizarre or incongruous ornamentation: Baroque 应用于欧洲一种以装饰漩涡形或雕刻为特色的艺术风格。该词经常暗含着丰富的、有时稀奇古怪的或不恰当的装饰: “the building . . . coldly classical or frantically baroque” (William Dean Howells).“这座建筑…完全古典的或极尽巴洛克风格的” (威廉·迪恩·豪威尔)。6. Rococo describes the 18th-century European style that grew out of the baroque and is characterized by profuse ornamentation,such as graceful and delicate shells and foliage.It can also connote immoderate, perhaps even ridiculous complexity: Rococo 描述了18世纪派生于巴洛克风格的欧洲艺术风格,该风格以过多的装饰为特色,诸如饰以优美精细的贝壳和羽毛。该词也可以意味着没有节制的、有时甚至是完全希奇古怪的复合体: “a rococo combination of warm slivers of buttery Scotch salmon encircling dollops of crème fraîche, each speckled with a different caviar” (Bryan Miller).“长条热黄油和含有大块鲜奶油的苏格兰鲑鱼的古怪混合物,每一块还洒上鱼子酱” (布莱恩·米勒)。 |
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