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or·nate AHD[ôr-nātʹ] D.J.[ɔːˈneɪt]K.K.[ɔrˈnet]adj.（形容词）- Elaborately, heavily, and often excessively ornamented.装饰华丽的：精心地、过度地和经常过分地装饰的
- Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery.华丽的：风格或形式俗艳的、炫耀的或华丽的；华丽的
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Latin ōrnātus [past participle of] ōrnāre [to embellish] * see ar- 源自 拉丁语 ōrnātus ōrnāre的过去分词 [进行装饰] * 参见 ar-
ornateʹly adv.（副词）ornateʹness n.（名词）ornate, florid, flamboyant, baroque, rococo- These adjectives mean elaborately, often excessively ornamented.这些形容词的意思是精心地、经常过分地装饰的。
- Ornate implies lavishness and heaviness: Ornate 隐约有奢华和过度的含义： a building with an ornate façade;有着华丽外表的建筑物；"ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato" (John Milton).Somethingflorid is both ornate and flowery: “浮华的修辞不符合伯拉图规则” （约翰·弥尔顿）。一些事物florid 是指夸张且华美： The senator gave a florid speech.议员作了一番词藻华美的演说。
- Flamboyant relates to a French Gothic architectural style marked by wavy flamelike forms;in a less technical sensethe term suggests excessively vivid color, overwrought design, or striking audacity or verve: Flamboyant 与一种法国哥德式建筑风格有关，该风格以类似跳动火焰的设计为特色；在非专业技术含义中，该词意味着过分活泼的色彩、过度夸张的设计或令人震惊的大胆或气魄： flamboyant red hair;红得夸张的头发；flamboyant handwriting;气势非凡的作品；"that flamboyant but egotistical figure, Alexander the Great" (H.G. Wells).“亚历山大大帝，一个气贯长虹的但却相当自我的人物” (H·G·威尔斯）。
- Baroque applies to a European artistic style marked by ornate scrolls and curves.It often connotes rich, sometimes bizarre or incongruous ornamentation: Baroque 应用于欧洲一种以装饰漩涡形或雕刻为特色的艺术风格。该词经常暗含着丰富的、有时稀奇古怪的或不恰当的装饰： "the building . . . coldly classical or frantically baroque" (William Dean Howells).“这座建筑…完全古典的或极尽巴洛克风格的” （威廉·迪恩·豪威尔）。
- Rococo describes the 18th-century European style that grew out of the baroque and is characterized by profuse ornamentation,such as graceful and delicate shells and foliage.It can also connote immoderate, perhaps even ridiculous complexity: Rococo 描述了18世纪派生于巴洛克风格的欧洲艺术风格，该风格以过多的装饰为特色，诸如饰以优美精细的贝壳和羽毛。该词也可以意味着没有节制的、有时甚至是完全希奇古怪的复合体： an exquisite gilded rococo mirror;一面精致镀金的洛可可式的镜子；rococo notions of an imperial presidency;个人独裁的狂妄幻想；"a rococo combination of warm slivers of buttery Scotch salmon encircling dollops of crème fraîche, each speckled with a different caviar" (Bryan Miller).“长条热黄油和含有大块鲜奶油的苏格兰鲑鱼的古怪混合物，每一块还洒上鱼子酱” （布莱恩·米勒）。
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