festoon
/feˈstuːn/ (bre, ipa) · /feˈstuːn/ (ame, ipa) · /fe-ˈstün/ (ame, mw) · /fesˈtuːn/ (bre, ipa) · /fesˈtuːn/ (ame, ipa)
festoon — 動詞
- festoonpresent simple I / you / we / they
- festoonshe / she / it
- festoonedpast simple
- festooning-ing form
1. to drape something with rows of paper, flowers, lights, or fabric that hang in l
張燈結綵
把花環、燈串等沿著曲線掛起裝飾場地
to drape something with rows of paper, flowers, lights, or fabric that hang in loose curves, usually to make a place look festive for a celebration.
Lucía and her cousins festooned the porch with paper roses for the village fiesta.
Lucía 和表親們在門廊上掛滿了紙玫瑰花環，準備迎接村莊的節慶。
festoon + [place] + with + [decorative items] for a celebration
The whole street was festooned with red lanterns for the start of Lunar New Year.
整條街都掛滿了紅燈籠，為農曆新年的開始張燈結綵。
passive: be festooned with [decorations]
Workers festooned the stage with strings of fairy lights before the wedding band arrived.
工人們在婚禮樂隊抵達前，把舞台上掛滿了一串串的小燈泡。
Kenji festooned the garden trellis with paper cranes the night before his sister's birthday party.
Kenji 在妹妹生日派對的前一晚，把紙鶴串成一條條掛滿了花園的棚架。
By the time the guests arrived, every doorway had been festooned with garlands of orange marigolds.
等到客人陸續抵達時，每一道門口都已經掛上了橘色萬壽菊編成的花環。
文法句型
festoon + something + with + something
be festooned with + something
用法筆記
Frequently passive ('was festooned with…'), and the hanging items are almost always plural and decorative — strings of lights, garlands, ribbons. Distinguish from 'decorate', which covers any kind of adornment; 'festoon' specifically implies things hung in loose curves or chains.
常見錯誤
festoon — 名詞
- festoonsingular
- festoonsplural
1. a length of flowers, leaves, paper, or lights joined together and hung in a loos
花環；垂飾串
用花、葉、紙或燈串成弧形掛起的裝飾物
a length of flowers, leaves, paper, or lights joined together and hung in a loose curve between two fixed points, used as a decoration.
A long festoon of marigolds hung above the temple entrance for the wedding.
一條長長的萬壽菊花環掛在寺廟入口上方，為婚禮增添喜氣。
a festoon of [flowers/leaves/lights] hung above [place]
Wren strung paper festoons across the classroom ceiling for the end-of-term party.
Wren 把一串串紙花環橫掛在教室天花板上，準備期末派對。
plural: paper festoons strung across [space]
Festoons of small white lights swayed between the trees along the harbour.
成串的白色小燈在港邊的樹與樹之間隨風搖曳。
Old Mr. Emre took down the dusty festoons of crepe paper that had hung in the café since New Year.
老 Mr. Emre 把咖啡店裡從新年就掛著的、滿是灰塵的縐紋紙花環一一取下。
文法句型
a festoon of + [decorative items]
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'of' plus a plural decorative noun (festoon of flowers / lights / paper). The shape is the defining feature — a curve between two anchor points — not the material.
常見錯誤
2. in art and architecture, a carved, moulded, or painted decoration shaped like a
垂花飾
建築或器物上仿花葉串形狀的雕刻或彩繪裝飾
in art and architecture, a carved, moulded, or painted decoration shaped like a hanging chain of flowers, leaves, or fruit, often used on stone walls, furniture, or pottery.
Carved stone festoons of fruit and leaves ran along the upper walls of the old courthouse.
舊法院上方的牆上有一排排雕刻著水果和樹葉的石製垂花飾。
carved festoons of [fruit/leaves] in classical architecture
The Greek vase was painted with delicate festoons of grapes around its rim.
那只希臘陶瓶的瓶口繪有精緻的葡萄垂花飾。
painted festoons on pottery
Vivek pointed out the plaster festoons above the fireplace, explaining how Georgian craftsmen had moulded each leaf by hand.
Vivek 指著壁爐上方的灰泥垂花飾，說明喬治王朝時代的工匠如何手工塑造每一片葉子。
Two carved festoons frame the marble doorway of the eighteenth-century mansion.
兩個雕刻的垂花飾框住了那棟十八世紀豪宅的大理石門口。
文法句型
a festoon of + [carved/painted items]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: a real hanging garland (sense 1) is made of physical flowers or lights and can be taken down; an architectural festoon (sense 2) is carved, moulded, or painted as a permanent fixed decoration imitating that shape. Common in descriptions of classical, Renaissance, or Georgian buildings, furniture, and ceramics.