ornament

Compared meaning: to decorate, making something more beautiful (verb).

比较义项：装饰，使更美观（动词）。

• decorate

  The everyday, neutral word for adding decorative items to a place or object; common in casual speech for rooms, cakes, trees, and parties.

  最常见、最中性的日常用词，指为房间、蛋糕、圣诞树、派对等添加装饰物，口语中最常使用。

  The kids decorated their bikes with colorful ribbons for the parade.

  孩子们用彩色丝带装饰自行车，准备参加游行。

• ornament 本词

  A formal, often literary verb, usually used in the passive, for adding small decorative objects like jewels or carvings; rare as an active verb in everyday speech.

  较为正式、书面化的动词，常用被动语态，指添加珠宝、雕刻等小件装饰物；在日常口语中很少作主动动词使用。

  The medieval sword's handle was ornamented with tiny rubies and pearls.

  这把中世纪剑的剑柄上镶嵌着细小的红宝石和珍珠作为装饰。

• adorn

  A formal, literary verb, often passive, describing beautiful things added to enhance appearance; common in descriptive writing about people, clothing, or buildings.

  正式、文学化的动词，常用被动语态，描述为增添美感而添加的美丽事物；常见于描写人物、服饰或建筑的文字中。

  Fresh flowers adorned the bride's hair throughout the ceremony.

  整个仪式期间，新鲜的花朵一直装点着新娘的发丝。

• grace

  A formal verb meaning to honor or add distinction to an event or place merely by attending or appearing, not by adding physical decorative objects.

  正式用词，指仅凭出席或出现就为某场合增添光彩或荣誉，而不是添加实物装饰。

  The queen graced the opening ceremony with her royal presence.

  女王的亲临为开幕式增添了光彩。

Decorate, ornament, adorn, and grace can all mean to make something more beautiful. Decorate is the everyday word for adding decorations. Ornament and adorn are formal, literary, usually passive, for adding decorative touches. Grace means to honor an event by attending, not by adding objects.

这些词在“装饰、使更美观”这一义项上意思相近，但正式程度和用法不同：decorate 最常用、最口语化，ornament 和 adorn 更书面、常用于被动语态，grace 则强调以出席或呈现的方式为场合增添光彩，而非添加实物装饰。这里不比较 grace 的“优雅”“恩典”等名词义，也不比较 ornament 作为名词“装饰品”的用法。