• n. 装饰；[建][服装] 装饰物；教堂用品
• vt. 装饰，修饰

来自拉丁语ornare,装饰，来自ordnare,安排，布置，词源同order,adorn.-ment,名词后缀。引申词义装饰品。

ornament

ornament: [14] Ornament comes from Latin ōrnāmentum, a derivative of the verb ōrnāre ‘equip, get ready’, hence ‘decorate’. This also forms the basis of English adorn [14] and suborn [16] (etymologically ‘equip secretly’).
=> adorn, suborn

ornament (n.)

early 13c., "an accessory," from Old French ornement "ornament, decoration," and directly from Latin ornamentum "apparatus, equipment, trappings; embellishment, decoration, trinket," from ornare "equip, adorn" (see ornate). Meaning "decoration, embellishment" in English is attested from late 14c. (also a secondary sense in classical Latin). Figurative use from 1550s.

ornament (v.)

1720, from ornament (n.). Middle English used ournen (late 14c.) in this sense, from Old French orner, from Latin ornare. Related: Ornamented; ornamenting.

1. The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more.

这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。

来自《权威词典》

2. The flowers were put on the table for ornament.

花放在桌子上做装饰用.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The baroque style is rich in ornament.

巴罗克风格极具装饰性.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.

她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. She is totally without ornament.

她没有一点装饰.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》