Picture the box of things that come out before a celebration — paper chains, lights, ribbons — and the finished look of the room once they are up. This one noun covers both: the objects you hang, and the overall style they create. It also covers the job of painting a room, and the medal pinned on a chest, because those are the same act of putting something on for others to see.

可以想成:慶祝之前拿出來的那一箱東西——紙鏈、燈串、緞帶——以及掛好之後整個空間呈現的樣子。這一個名詞把兩邊都包了:掛上去的那些物件,和它們合起來的風格。它也涵蓋粉刷房間這份工作,以及別在胸前的那枚勳章,因為那些都是同一個動作:把東西放上去,讓人看見。

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

decorationnoun/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

  • 1

    The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

  • 2

    Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.

    • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
    • At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
  • 3

    Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

  • 4

    biochemistrybiologychemistryThe use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host

  • 5

    Refurbishment; renovation

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