decorate

vt. 装饰；布置；授勋给

vi. 装饰；布置

中文词源

decorate 装潢

来自decor, 装饰。

decorate: decorate: [16] Decorate comes from Latin decorātus, the past participle of decorāre ‘make beautiful’, a verb derived from decus ‘ornament’. Its root, decor-, also produced the adjective decorus ‘beautiful, seemly’, from which English gets decorous [17] and, via its neuter singular form, decorum [16]. Décor is a 19th-century borrowing from French, where it was a derivative of the verb décorer. From the same ultimate source come decent and dignity.
=> decent, dignity, decorous
decorate (v.): early 15c., from Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare "to decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify," from decus (genitive decoris) "an ornament," from PIE root *dek- "to receive, be suitable" (see decent). Related: Decorated; decorating.

1. Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.: 用贝壳来装点盒子、托盘、镜子甚至是花盆。