elaborate

adjective · verbB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more elaborate

Superlative

most elaborate

1.
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
Đồng nghĩa: fussy
2.
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
Đồng nghĩa: busy

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

elaborates

V_ing/Gerund

elaborating

V_ed/pp

elaborated

1.
(transitive)Тo develop in detail or complexity.
Đồng nghĩa: work out
2.
(intransitive, sometimes)(intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

fussy busywork out

Cùng gốc / liên quan

elaboratelyelaboratenesselaborationinelaboratesuperelaborate unelaborate overelaborate

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Nguồn gốc từ

1575, from ēlabōrātus (worked out), past participle of ēlabōrō (to work out), from ē- (out, forth, fully) + labor (work, toil, exertion). More at e-, labour.