• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    在…上刺绣;绣(花)
    If something such as clothing or cloth is embroidered with a design, the design is stitched into it.
    例句
    The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries... 衣领上绣着非常小的红色草莓。 Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds... 玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。
  • VERB
    对(故事、叙述等)添枝加叶渲染
    If you embroider a story or account of something, or if you embroider on it, you try to make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue.
    例句
    He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth... 他说了些谎,有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。 She embroidered on this theme for about ten minutes. 她围绕这个主题添枝加叶地说了大约10分钟。