embroidery

🇬🇧 UK/im'brɒidәri/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

n.

The art or craft of decorating fabric with needle and thread; a piece of fabric so decorated; added fictional detail in a story.

刺绣;刺绣品;(叙述中的)夸大渲染

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
emto put into, to cause
+
broidroot
+
erone who does, agent
+
yto make, to cause to become
=embroidery

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The museum exhibits exquisite embroidery from the Victorian era.

  • 2.

    There was too much embroidery in his account of what actually happened.

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