beautify

B2 CET-4 大学

vt. 美化, 变美, 修饰

发音

其它 /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/

词形变化

beautified beautifies 三单 beautifies beautifieth beautifying beautifying 现在分词 beautified 过去式 beautified 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使美化，使变美

动词

美化

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    Synonym of pretty-print.

    计算机 工程 数学
  2. 2.

    To become beautiful.

    不及物 罕用
  3. 3.

    To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

    美化

    及物

    1592, Robert Greene, Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, London: William Wright, “Robertoes Tale” […] there is an vpstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tygers hart wrapt in a Players hyde, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you:

  4. 4.

    To make oneself beautiful.

    不及物 罕用

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

grace deck decorate ornament adorn embellish fancify prettify

反义词 1

uglify

上位词 10

be better change exist improve alter modify amend ameliorate meliorate

下位词 10

become hang stick dress suit flight color shine flag deck

近义相关 1

ornament

词源

From Middle English beutifien, from Old French beaute (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fine”), + -ify, from Latin facio (“make”).

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