ornament

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or·na·ment1 /ˈɔːnəmənt $ ˈɔːr-/ ●○○ noun  1  [countable]DHHDECORATE a small object that you keep in your house because it is beautiful rather than useful 装饰品，点缀物，饰物，摆设 a shelf covered with books and ornaments 摆满书籍和装饰品的架子5a cabinet in which she kept her collection of china ornaments她放置瓷器摆设收藏品的柜子n china ornaments2  [uncountable]DHDECORATE decoration that is added to something 装饰，点缀 The building style is plain, with very little ornament. 该建筑风格朴素，极少使用装饰。for ornament The coins were only ever used for ornament, not as currency. 这些硬币从来只用于装饰，而不作为货币使用。

Examples from the Corpus

ornament• Now Boston gets offered the Massachusetts as an ornament.• Christmas ornaments• Thieves stole all the silver and gold ornaments from the palace.• The music building is a structure with simple but gracious ornament.• The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre, and all the fine details of its ornament.• When she moved, ornaments rattled.• I have no use for second-hand books and unfashionable clothes and bits of ornament.• Top weighting had to be achieved by the disposition of proportion, ornament and light.• You see that the ornaments we are discussing are nothing if not arbitrary.• I bought a new Christmas tree ornament - do you want to see it?• Ugly ornaments don't deserve to exist.or·na·ment2 /ˈɔːnəment $ ˈɔːr-/ verb  be ornamented with something AVDECORATEto be decorated with something 用某物装饰，装饰有某物 a silver goblet ornamented with pearls 缀有珍珠的银制高脚酒杯richly/exquisitely/lavishly etc ornamented a table richly ornamented with carvings 雕刻繁复的桌子→ See Verb table

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ornament• Sometimes the blades were elaborately ornamented.• To the left was a dinosaur of a stone pulpit, all arched and ornamented.• Veins are often dark reddish brown and the blade somewhat ornamented by reddish brown irregular spots.• The corners of the enclosure were ornamented by sculptured funerary lions devouring stags.• He specialised in lead figures of which excellent examples are found at Powis Castle in Powys, ornamenting the spectacular hanging terraces.• One in particular, about a metre high, pale lemon in colour, was ornamented with neo-classical bandings in blue and gold.Origin ornament1 (1300-1400) Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum, from ornare; → ORNATE

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or‧na‧ment¹ /ˈɔːnəmənt $ ˈɔːr-/ noun1. [countable] a small object that you keep in your house because it is beautiful rather than useful:
    a shelf covered with books and ornaments
    china ornaments
2. [uncountable] decoration that is added to something:
    The building style is plain, with very little ornament.
    for ornament
    The coins were only ever used for ornament, not as currency.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ decoration noun [countable usually plural] something pretty that you put in a place or onto something to make it look attractive, especially for special occasions: Half a dozen girls volunteered to put up decorations for the dance. | We're making our own Christmas decorations this year. | You could use the ribbon as a decoration.
   ▪ ornament [countable] a small pretty object that is used in a room or house to make it look more attractive: The shelves were crammed with ornaments and souvenirs. | a glass ornament
   ▪ knick-knacks [plural] small inexpensive objects used to decorate a room: The shop sold cheap knick-knacks for tourists. | She had dusted all the ornaments and knick-knacks.
   ▪ garnish [countable] a small amount of food that is used to make a dish look nice or add taste to it: Serve the fish with a garnish of lemon.
   ▪ trim [singular, uncountable] decoration on a car, object, or piece of clothing that goes along the length of it: a white skirt with black trim along the hem
   ▪ frills [plural] a decoration on the edge of a piece of cloth that is made of many small folds in the cloth: a white blouse with frills at the cuffs
   ▪ embellishment [uncountable and countable] formal something that is added in order to make another thing seem more attractive: the colourful embellishments on a medieval manuscript | His style is simple and without embellishment.

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or‧na‧ment² /ˈɔːnəment $ ˈɔːr-/ verb
be ornamented with something to be decorated with something:
    a silver goblet ornamented with pearls
    richly/exquisitely/lavishly etc ornamented
    a table richly ornamented with carvings