embroidery
n[U]
1 decoration with needlework 刺绣
a beautiful piece of embroidery 一件美丽的刺绣制品
He's good at embroidery. 他擅长刺绣.
2 (fig 比喻) untrue details added for effect (为增强效果而加的)虚构细节
A little embroidery made the story quite entertaining. 增加了一点虚构细节使得故事相当有趣.
Around the year 1600 the first horses were brought to the American continent by the Spanish.
大约在1600年的时候,西班牙人把第一批马匹带来美洲大陆。
No matter what happens, she often said, keep on beginning.
无论发生什么事,"她常说,不断从头开始。
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.