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festoon

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fes·toon1 /feˈstuːn/ verb [transitive usually passive]  DECORATEto cover something with flowers, long pieces of material etc, especially for decoration 结彩于,给装饰花彩be festooned with/in something Malaga was festooned with banners and flags in honour of the king’s visit. 马拉加彩旗飘扬,欢迎国王到访。nGrammar Festoon is usually passive.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
festoonThey felt free to festoon the machine with all sorts of loony filigrees.The Sons can otherwise festoon their cars with rebel flags.be festooned with/in somethingThe entire vehicle was festooned with a bewildering array of kit.Vehicles and people both were festooned with banana leaves-symbol of rejoicing and fertility, I later learned.The room was festooned with cobwebs, the air musty and thick with dust and disuse.The house is festooned with everything from the snarling Rex to corpses rising out of the lawn.Doors and chimneys are festooned with garlands of garlic.The hills themselves are festooned with pylons and wires.Every settlement on the line of march was festooned with the national colors.Imprinted with cell bars, the first Tricky Envelope was meant to be festooned with the Richard Nixon stamp.
festoon2 noun [countable] formal  DECORATEa long thin piece of material, flowers etc, used especially for decoration 花彩,花彩装饰物
Examples from the Corpus
festoonAll the decorations were white and festoons of snowy lace-gushed from every appropriate appointment.I was used to riding with my reins hanging in festoons.No footmarks disturbed the dust, cobwebs hung like festoons and a strange musty smell pervaded the atmosphere.Ruched or festoons could add style to the setting.Decorative effects Mains-voltage festoon lights are ideal for stringing decoratively through the branches of a tree.
Origin festoon2 (1600-1700) French feston, from Latin festum; → FESTIVE
fes·toon1 verbn GRAMMAR1festoon2 nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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festoon
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festoon1 /feˈstuːn/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to cover something with flowers, long pieces of material etc, especially for decoration
    be festooned with/in something
    Malaga was festooned with banners and flags in honour of the king’s visit.

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festoon2 noun [countable] formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: feston, from Latin festum; festive
a long thin piece of material, flowers etc, used especially for decoration


fes·toonBrE /feˈstuːn/ 🔊NAmE /feˈstuːn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they festoon BrE /feˈstuːn/ 🔊 NAmE /feˈstuːn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it festoons BrE /feˈstuːnz/ 🔊 NAmE /feˈstuːnz/ 🔊past simple festooned BrE /feˈstuːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /feˈstuːnd/ 🔊past participle festooned BrE /feˈstuːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /feˈstuːnd/ 🔊 -ing form festooning BrE /feˈstuːnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /feˈstuːnɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (with sth) to decorate sb/sth with flowers, coloured paper, etc., often as part of a celebration 给…饰以花彩;结彩于;张灯结彩
fes·toonBrE /feˈstuːn/ 🔊NAmE /feˈstuːn/ 🔊 nouna chain of lights, coloured paper, flowers, etc., used to decorate sth 彩灯;花彩