embroider

🇬🇧 UK/im'brɒidә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To decorate fabric with needle and coloured thread; to add exaggerated or invented details to a story.

刺绣;给(故事)添枝加叶,夸大渲染

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
emto put into, to cause
+
broiderother
=embroider

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her grandmother embroidered beautiful floral patterns on linens.

  • 2.

    He tends to embroider his stories with exaggerated details.

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