ornamentとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (noun)
  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt
  • (verb)
    • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/, /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəˌmɛnt/
    • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, /ˈɔɹnəˌmɛnt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt, ôrʹnə-mĕnt'

名詞

ornament (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ornaments)

2. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], OCLC 879237670, page 51:

     Dust are our frames; and, gilded dust, our pride / Looks only for a moment whole and sound; / Like that long-buried body of the king / Found lying with his urns and ornaments, / Which at a touch of light, an air of heaven, / Slipt into ashes and was found no more.

   • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:

     I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.

   • 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 106:

     Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

3. A Christmas tree decoration.
4. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate or "ornament" that line.
5. (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
6. (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

派生語

• ornamental

関連する語

• ornate
• ornamentation
• adorn
• suborn

動詞

ornament (三人称単数 現在形 ornaments, 現在分詞 ornamenting, 過去形および過去分詞形 ornamented)

2. To decorate.

   We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.

4. To add to.

   The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.

Conjugation

同意語

• (decorate): adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, trim

Further reading

• ornament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ornament in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.