caparison a horse
及物动词，宾语通常是马或大象。
The groom caparisoned the horse before the ceremony.
典礼前，马夫给那匹马披上了装饰马衣。
给（马或象）披上装饰性马衣；用装饰马衣装扮
caparisons — third person singular of caparison
给马或大象穿上装饰性覆盖物；覆以马衣；使穿华丽的服饰
To dress a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
给马或大象穿上装饰性覆盖物
To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
一般现在时
The knight caparisons his horse before the tournament.
骑士在比赛前给马披上华丽的马衣。
一般过去时
They caparisoned the parade horse with gold and silk.
他们给游行马匹披上了金丝绸缎。
现在完成时
The stable hands have caparisoned all the horses for the ceremony.
马厩工人们已经为典礼给所有马匹披上了马衣。
给（马）披上装饰马衣
The knight caparisoned his horse with a rich velvet cloth before the tournament.
骑士在比赛前给马披上华丽的天鹅绒马衣。
用法提示：这里 'caparisoned' 是过去式，表示给马披上装饰性的马衣。
The ceremonial horse was caparisoned in gold and silver trappings.
礼仪马披上了金银装饰。
用法提示：这里使用被动语态 'was caparisoned'，强调马被装饰。
They are caparisoning the horses for the parade.
他们正在给马披上马衣准备游行。
用法提示：这里 'are caparisoning' 是现在进行时，表示正在进行的动作。
及物动词，宾语通常是马或大象。
The groom caparisoned the horse before the ceremony.
典礼前，马夫给那匹马披上了装饰马衣。
用 with 引出覆盖在马或象身上的装饰物。
They caparisoned the elephants with brightly colored cloths.
他们给那些大象披上了色彩鲜艳的布。
常用被动形式描述马匹已披挂装饰的状态。
The parade horse was caparisoned with silver ornaments.
那匹游行用的马披着银质装饰。
grammar · medium
易错句子The royal horse was caparison for the parade.
正确表达The royal horse was caparisoned for the parade.
被动语态中 be 动词后必须接过去分词，不能用动词原形；caparison 的过去分词是 caparisoned，与 was 一起构成被动，表示这匹马被披上装饰马衣。
grammar · medium
易错句子The elephant was caparisonned with gold cloth.
正确表达The elephant was caparisoned with gold cloth.
caparison 加 -ed 时只加一个 n，写成 caparisoned，不双写词尾辅音字母。原因是重音落在第二音节 /ˈpær/ 上，词尾 -son 不重读，不符合 plan→planned 这类双写规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子They caparisoned gold cloth on the elephant.
正确表达They caparisoned the elephant with gold cloth.
caparison 的宾语是被装扮的马或象，装饰物要用介词 with 引出。汉语“给大象披上金布”容易让人把“金布”误当成宾语，英语中应先说被装扮的动物，再说装饰物。
comparison 是名词，意为“比较、对比”，读音 /kəmˈpærɪsən/ 与 caparison /kəˈpærisən/ 极近，拼写只差开头 comp- 与 cap-；caparison 是动词，专指给马或象披上装饰性马衣，后面要接马、象作宾语，而 comparison 不能带这样的宾语。
两者宾语都可以是马，但 harness 指套上实用的挽具（引申为“利用资源”），属功能性装备；caparison 强调装饰性、仪式性的覆盖物，多见于阅兵、比武等场合。要表达“套车、干活”用 harness，表达“披挂华丽马衣”才用 caparison。
adorn 是泛指的“装饰”，对象可以是人、房间、器物，常搭配 with；caparison 适用范围极窄，只用于马或象这类坐骑，且指披挂整套装饰性马衣。装饰大厅、礼服等只能用 adorn 一类词，不能换成 caparison。
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