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do embroidery
表示进行刺绣活动，embroidery为不可数名词。
She enjoys doing embroidery in her free time.
她喜欢在空闲时间做刺绣。
粉饰；渲染；添油加醋
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
粉饰；渲染；添油加醋
embroidery
She enjoys doing embroidery in her free time.
她喜欢在空闲时间做刺绣。
此处指给叙述添加细节、加以渲染，而非刺绣工艺。
用针将线或纱线缝制在织物或其他材料上进行装饰的艺术
The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
添枝加叶的解释
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
用针线装饰织物
The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
刺绣
decorative needlework
When Granddad tells the story of how he caught the fish, he adds a little embroidery to make it more exciting.
爷爷讲他如何钓到那条鱼时，总会加上一点添油加醋，让故事更精彩。
She didn't lie, but there was obvious embroidery in her description of the party.
她没有撒谎，但她在描述聚会时明显有渲染。
I like his reports because they are direct and free from embroidery.
我喜欢他的汇报，因为它们直接明了，没有添油加醋。
表示进行刺绣活动，embroidery为不可数名词。
She enjoys doing embroidery in her free time.
她喜欢在空闲时间做刺绣。
表示绣在某种材料上的刺绣图案。
The embroidery on the dress is exquisite.
裙子上的刺绣非常精美。
可用于指具体的一件刺绣作品，此时可作为可数名词。
This embroidery of flowers took weeks to complete.
这件花卉图案的刺绣耗时数周完成。
Not this
She embroidery a flower on the cloth.
Use this
She embroiders a flower on the cloth.
错误：将名词 'embroidery' 误用作动词。正确形式是动词 'embroider'，用于描述刺绣的动作。
Not this
I am learning an embroidery.
Use this
I am learning embroidery.
错误：将不可数名词 'embroidery'（刺绣技艺）误作可数名词，使用了不定冠词 'an'。表示抽象概念时不用冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
绣花箍；刺绣绷子
She stretched the fabric tightly in an embroidery hoop before starting.
开始之前，她把布料紧紧绷在绣花箍上。
刺绣线
Choose an embroidery thread that matches the color of the fabric.
选择一种与布料颜色相配的刺绣线。
刺绣图案；绣花样
The book includes an embroidery pattern for a floral border.
这本书里有一个花边刺绣图案。
手工刺绣
Hand embroidery takes patience but produces beautiful results.
手工刺绣需要耐心，但成品很漂亮。
精美繁复的刺绣（工艺）
The dress was decorated with intricate embroidery.
这条连衣裙饰有精美繁复的刺绣。
Use embroidery naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把针线在白布上‘绣’出花纹的样子记住：embroidery 是刺绣；给故事‘绣’上细节就是添枝加叶。
语域：neutral 常见场景：手工艺教程、博物馆展品说明、服装设计讨论 该词为中性常用词，多用于手工艺、服装设计及文化介绍等一般或正式场合，口语中也较常见。
The words avoid, choice, noise, voice, and toil share embroidery's stressed vowel /ɔɪ/, but they do not rhyme with the full word because embroidery ends with /dɚi/. Brooch is a spelling lookalike: it begins with bro- but has a different vowel sound (/oʊ/), so it is not a rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.