embroider

1. V-T/V-I If something such as clothing or cloth is embroidered with a design, the design is stitched into it. 綉

The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries. 這衣領(lǐng)上綉了非常小的紅色草莓。

I have a pillow with my name embroidered on it. 我有一個(gè)綉著我名字的枕頭。

2. V-T/V-I If you embroider a story or account of something, or if you embroider on it, you try to make it more interesting by adding details that may be untrue. 渲染

He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth. 他說(shuō)了些謊話，有時(shí)候衹不過是渲染了一下事實(shí)。