embroider

动词 embroider:

1. decorate with needlework
   同义词：broider
2. add details to
   同义词：pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

1. She embroidered the cushion with flowers.
   她把垫子绣上了花。
2. She embroidered flowers on the cushion (in gold thread).
   她(用金线)在垫子上绣花。
3. She embroiders very well.
   她很会刺绣。
4. She embroidered her initials on the handkerchief.
   她把她姓名的起首字母绣在手帕上。

em.broi.der

v.（动词）
em.broi.dered,em.broi.der.ing,em.broi.ders
v.tr.（及物动词）
To ornament with needlework:
刺绣：用针钱活装饰：
例句：
embroider a pillow cover.
绣一个枕头套

To make by means of needlework:
绣出：用针钱活制作：
例句：
embroider a design on a bedspread.
在床单上绣出一个图案

To add embellishments or fanciful details to:
渲染：给…加入修饰的或想象中的细节：
例句：
embroider the truth.
渲染事实

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make needlework.
刺绣
To add embellishments or fanciful details.
渲染：加入修饰或想象的细节

来源：
Middle English embrouderen
中古英语 embrouderen
partly from embrouden from brouden, broiden [braided, embroidered] from Old English brogden [past participle of] bregdan [to weave] * see braid
部分源自 embrouden 源自 brouden, broiden [镶边了的，刺绣了的] 源自 古英语 brogden [] bregdan的过去分词 [编织] *参见 braid
and partly from Old French embroder en- [intensive pref] * see en- broder, brosder [to embroider] [of Germanic origin]
并且部分源自 古法语 embroder en- [加强词义前缀] *参见 en- broder, brosder [刺绣] [源自德国]

【引伸】
embroi.derer
n.（名词）