elaborate 音标拼音: [ɪl'æbrət] [ɪl'æbɚ
, et]
a . 精细的,详尽的,精心的
vt . 详细地说明,用心地制作,推敲
vi . 变复杂
精细的,详尽的,精心的详细地说明,用心地制作,推敲变复杂
elaborate adj 1 :
marked by complexity and richness of detail ; "
an elaborate lace pattern " [
synonym : {
elaborate }, {
luxuriant }]
2 :
developed or executed with care and in minute detail ; "
a detailed plan "; "
the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion "-
John Buchan ; "
the carefully elaborated theme " [
synonym : {
detailed }, {
elaborate },
{
elaborated }]
v 1 :
add details ,
as to an account or idea ;
clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way ,
usually in writing ; "
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation " [
synonym :
{
elaborate }, {
lucubrate }, {
expatiate }, {
exposit },
{
enlarge }, {
flesh out }, {
expand }, {
expound }, {
dilate }]
[
ant : {
abbreviate }, {
abridge }, {
contract }, {
cut },
{
foreshorten }, {
reduce }, {
shorten }]
2 :
produce from basic elements or sources ;
change into a more developed product ; "
The bee elaborates honey "
3 :
make more complex ,
intricate ,
or richer ; "
refine a design or pattern " [
synonym : {
complicate }, {
refine }, {
rarify }, {
elaborate }]
4 :
work out in detail ; "
elaborate a plan " [
synonym : {
elaborate },
{
work out }]
Elaborate \
E *
lab "
o *
rate \,
a . [
L .
elaboratus ,
p .
p .
of elaborare to work out ;
e out laborare to labor ,
labor labor .
See {
Labor }.]
Wrought with labor ;
finished with great care ;
studied ;
executed with exactness or painstaking ;
as ,
an elaborate discourse ;
an elaborate performance ;
elaborate research .
[
1913 Webster ]
Drawn to the life in each elaborate page . --
Waller .
Syn :
Labored ;
complicated ;
studied ;
perfected ;
high -
wrought .
-- {
E *
lab "
o *
rate *
ly },
adv . -- {
E *
lab "
o *
rate *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
Elaborate \
E *
lab "
o *
rate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Elaborated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Elaborating }.]
1 .
To produce with labor [
1913 Webster ]
They in full joy elaborate a sigh , --
Young .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To perfect with painstaking ;
to improve or refine with labor and study ,
or by successive operations ;
as ,
to elaborate a painting or a literary work .
[
1913 Webster ]
The sap is . . .
still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant .
--
Arbuthnot .
[
1913 Webster ]
222 Moby Thesaurus words for "
elaborate ":
Babylonian ,
Byzantine ,
Corinthian ,
Gongoresque ,
Gongoristic ,
Marinistic ,
adorn ,
affected ,
amplify ,
arabesque ,
artificial ,
assemble ,
assiduous ,
awe -
inspiring ,
awful ,
balled up ,
barbaric ,
baroque ,
beautify ,
build ,
busy ,
cast ,
chichi ,
clarify ,
comment ,
complete ,
complex ,
complicated ,
compose ,
compound ,
concoct ,
confounded ,
confused ,
construct ,
convolute ,
convoluted ,
crabbed ,
create ,
cultivate ,
daedal ,
decorate ,
decorated ,
deluxe ,
descant ,
detail ,
detailed ,
develop ,
devious ,
devise ,
dilate ,
diligent ,
discuss ,
dressy ,
dwell upon ,
elaborated ,
elegant ,
embellish ,
embellished ,
embrangled ,
embroider ,
enlarge ,
enlarge upon ,
enrich ,
entangled ,
enter into detail ,
erect ,
euphuistic ,
evolve ,
expand ,
expatiate ,
explain ,
explicate ,
expound ,
extravagant ,
extrude ,
fabricate ,
fancy ,
fashion ,
festoon ,
fine ,
finish ,
flamboyant ,
florid ,
flourish ,
flowery ,
form ,
formulate ,
fouled up ,
frame ,
frilly ,
fudge together ,
fussy ,
get up ,
gild ,
glorious ,
go into ,
gordian ,
grand ,
grandiose ,
high -
wrought ,
hyperelegant ,
implicated ,
imposing ,
impressive ,
indite ,
industrious ,
interpret ,
intricate ,
involuted ,
involve ,
involved ,
knotted ,
knotty ,
labor ,
labored ,
labyrinthian ,
labyrinthine ,
load with ornament ,
loused up ,
luxuriant ,
luxurious ,
magnificent ,
majestic ,
make ,
make up ,
mannered ,
manufacture ,
many -
faceted ,
matted ,
mature ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
messed up ,
mixed up ,
mold ,
moresque ,
mucked up ,
multifarious ,
noble ,
operose ,
ornament ,
ornate ,
ostentatious ,
overcharge ,
overdone ,
overelaborate ,
overelegant ,
overlabored ,
overlay ,
overload ,
overnice ,
overrefined ,
overworked ,
overwrought ,
painstaking ,
palatial ,
particularize ,
patch together ,
perfect ,
perplexed ,
picturesque ,
piece together ,
plush ,
polish ,
posh ,
precieuse ,
precieux ,
precious ,
prefabricate ,
prepare ,
pretentious ,
pretty -
pretty ,
princely ,
produce ,
proud ,
put together ,
put up ,
raise ,
ramified ,
rear ,
refine ,
rehearse in extenso ,
relate at large ,
rich ,
ripen ,
ritzy ,
rococo ,
roundabout ,
run up ,
screwed up ,
season ,
sedulous ,
set up ,
shape ,
snarled ,
sophisticated ,
spell out ,
splendacious ,
splendid ,
splendiferous ,
stately ,
studied ,
subtle ,
sumptuous ,
superb ,
superfancy ,
superfine ,
swank ,
swanky ,
swell ,
tangled ,
tangly ,
thorough ,
thoroughgoing ,
trick out ,
twisted ,
unfold ,
unnatural ,
varnish ,
whomp up ,
work out ,
write
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