[mass noun]the art or pastime of embroidering cloth 刺绣,绣花;刺绣艺术 ■cloth decorated in this way 绣制品 ■(figurative)embellishment or exaggeration in the description or reporting of an event (喻)(事件描述或报道中的)渲染,夸张 fanciful embroidery of the facts. 对事实的肆意夸张。
语源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enbrouderie, from enbrouder 'embroider'