garnish

garnish
verb
[with obj.]

decorate or embellish (something, especially food)
装饰，点缀（某物，尤指食物）
capers are often used to garnish cocktail savouries.
马槟榔常用来点缀餐前开胃小菜。
(Law)serve notice on (a third party) for the purpose of legally seizing money belonging to a debtor or defendant
(律)（为合法扣押属于债务人或被告的钱财）传讯（第三方）
■seize (money, especially part of a person's salary) to settle a debt or claim
为偿付债务（或理赔）而扣押（钱财，尤指个人薪资）
the IRS garnished his earnings.
美国国税局扣押了他的所得。

noun

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garnishment
noun
语源

Middle English (in the sense 'equip, arm'): from Old French garnir, probably of Germanic origin and related to warn. Sense 1 dates from the late 17th cent

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