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adorn [noun] with [noun]
主动结构，表示用某物装饰某处。
She adorned the room with fresh flowers.
她用鲜花装饰了房间。
装饰；点缀
adorning — present participle of adorn
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装饰；点缀
decorate
She adorned the room with fresh flowers.
她用鲜花装饰了房间。
常与 with 连用：adorn something with something
使更美丽和吸引人；装饰
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
adorn
Base
原形
adorns
3rd person
第三人称单数
adorning
-ing
现在分词
adorned
Past
过去式
adorned
Past participle
过去分词
She adorns the room with flowers.
她用鲜花装饰房间。
He adorned the hall for the party.
他为派对装饰了大厅。
The hall was adorned with fresh flowers for the ceremony.
大厅为典礼装饰了鲜花。
A simple gold necklace adorned her neck.
一条简单的金项链点缀着她的脖颈。
They adorn their home with colorful lights every winter.
每年冬天他们用彩灯装饰自己的家。
主动结构，表示用某物装饰某处。
She adorned the room with fresh flowers.
她用鲜花装饰了房间。
被动结构，强调被装饰的状态。
The hall was adorned with banners.
大厅装饰着旗帜。
用于赋予荣誉或权力，对应“furnish with power or authority”义项。
The queen adorned her knights with medals.
女王用勋章授予她的骑士们荣誉。
Not this
She adorned with a beautiful necklace.
Use this
She adorned herself with a beautiful necklace.
adorn是及物动词，必须带宾语。中文'她装饰了漂亮的项链'缺少宾语，英语需加上反身代词herself作宾语。
Not this
The adorn of the room is elegant.
Use this
The adornment of the room is elegant.
adorn是动词，不能作名词。中文'装饰'一词可作动词也可作名词，但英语中名词形式应为adornment或decoration。
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用…装饰
She adorned the room with fresh flowers.
她用鲜花装饰了房间。
打扮自己
She adorned herself in elegant jewelry.
她用优雅的珠宝打扮自己。
装饰墙壁
Paintings adorn the walls of the gallery.
画作装饰着画廊的墙壁。
装点街道
Festive lights adorn the streets during the holiday season.
节日期间，彩灯装点着街道。
点缀页面
Beautiful illustrations adorn the pages of the book.
精美的插图点缀着书页。
这双眼睛不会错认 / 它们正为你呼喊 / 来装点我。
From Miguel's song 'Adorn' (2012), a R&B hit about wanting someone to complete and beautify you.
来自Miguel的歌曲《Adorn》（2012年），一首R&B热曲，表达渴望某人来完善和美化你。
Use adorning naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想'adorn'中的'orn'与'ornament'（装饰）相似，意为装饰美化。
语域：formal 常见场景：literature、formal speeches 通常多用于正式场合或文学作品，比较常见于描述装饰、美化或赋予权力。
The words born, corn, horn, thorn, and worn rhyme with adorn (all share the vowel sound /ɔːrn/). Note that adore looks similar but ends in /dɔːr/ (no final /n/), so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.