ornament

• n. 裝飾；[建][服裝] 裝飾物；教堂用品
• vt. 裝飾，修飾

來自拉丁語ornare,裝飾，來自ordnare,安排，布置，詞源同order,adorn.-ment,名詞後綴。引申詞義裝飾品。

ornament

ornament: [14] Ornament comes from Latin ōrnāmentum, a derivative of the verb ōrnāre ‘equip, get ready’, hence ‘decorate’. This also forms the basis of English adorn [14] and suborn [16] (etymologically ‘equip secretly’).
=> adorn, suborn

ornament (n.)

early 13c., "an accessory," from Old French ornement "ornament, decoration," and directly from Latin ornamentum "apparatus, equipment, trappings; embellishment, decoration, trinket," from ornare "equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" in English is attested from late 14c. (also a secondary sense in classical Latin). Figurative use from 1550s.

ornament (v.)

1720, from ornament (n.). Middle English used ournen (late 14c.) in this sense, from Old French orner, from Latin ornare. Related: Ornamented; ornamenting.

1. The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more.

這架時鍾純屬擺設，它再也不走了。

來自《權威詞典》

2. The flowers were put on the table for ornament.

花放在桌子上做裝飾用.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The baroque style is rich in ornament.

巴羅克風格極具裝飾性.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.

她的前胸戴了一個水晶飾品.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. She is totally without ornament.

她沒有一點裝飾.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》