elaborate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

elab·or·ate [elaborate elaborates elaborated elaborating] adjective, verb
adjective BrE [ɪˈlæbərət] ; NAmE [ɪˈlæbərət] usually before noun
very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized
•elaborate designs
•She had prepared a very elaborate meal.
•an elaborate computer system

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’.

Example Bank:
•highly elaborate carvings
•It all turned out to be an elaborate hoax.
•The ceiling was tiled in an elaborate pattern.
•This elaborate deception fooled his family for ages.
Derived Words: ↑elaborately ▪ ↑elaborateness ▪ ↑elaboration
 
verb BrE [ɪˈlæbəreɪt] ; NAmE [ɪˈlæbəreɪt]
1. intransitive, transitive to explain or describe sth in a more detailed way
•~ (on/upon sth) He said he was resigning but did not elaborate on his reasons.
•~ sth She went on to elaborate her argument.
2. transitive ~ sth to develop a plan, an idea, etc. and make it complicated or detailed
•In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘produced by effort of labour’): from Latin elaborat- ‘worked out’, from the verb elaborare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + labor ‘work’.

Example Bank:
•Let me briefly elaborate on this.
•They refused to elaborate on the reasons for their decision.
•This point will be elaborated further in the next chapter.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  detailed, elaborated, luxuriant, work out, complicate, refine, rarify, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce