【adorn】 - A-level备考词汇

adorn

UK:  [ə'dɔː(r)n]

US:  [ə'dɔrn]

过去分词：adorned  现在分词：adorning  第三人称单数：adorns  

v.

1.装饰,修饰,佩戴

2.装饰,点缀;打扮;使…生色;镶上

3.美丽;笼罩

1 . Already the couple has brightened up the place: Pumpkins adorn the front steps, and life has returned to the bedrooms.
夫妇两人已经使房子焕然一新：前门的台阶上装点着南瓜，卧室里也有了生气。

2 . The point of jewelry isn't to make a woman look rich but to adorn her; not the same thing.
首饰的重点不在于让女性看起来富有而是装点女性，这不是同一回事。

3 . Heart troubles would be easy to confirm with any one of the stethoscopes that adorn audience members at Davidge Hall.
用戴威基大厅配备的听诊器，在场的任何一位听众都会很容易确诊心脏疾病。

4 . One of the greatest sculptors of his time, an early commission of his was to adorn new building at USMA in 1908-1911.
在伟大雕刻家的一生中，他的早期任务是要在19008到1911年间为学院的新建筑制作装饰。

5 . The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge.
两名岗哨面向河岸，宛如两尊装点在桥头的石像。