動詞 embellish:

1. add details to
   同義詞：embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
2. be beautiful to look at
   同義詞：deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify
3. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
   同義詞：decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify
4. make more beautiful
   同義詞：fancify, beautify, prettify

1. He often embellishes the tales of his travels.
   他常給他的旅游趣聞添枝加葉。
2. My daughter wears a dress embellished with lace and ribbons today.
   今天我女兒穿了一件有花邊和飾帶的連衣裙。

em.bel.lish

v.tr.（及物動詞）
em.bel.lished,em.bel.lish.ing,em.bel.lish.es
To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate.
裝飾修飾：如通過裝修使美化；裝飾
To add ornamental or fictitious details to:
添加細(xì)節(jié)：添加修飾性的或想象的細(xì)節(jié)于…：
例句：
a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.
對這個真實故事添加的異想天開的解釋

來源：
Middle English embelishen
中古英語 embelishen
from Old French embellir embelliss-
源自 古法語 embellir embelliss-
en- [causative pref.] * see en-
en- [使役前綴] *參見 en-
bel [beautiful] from Latin bellus * see deu- 2
bel [美麗的] 源自 拉丁語 bellus *參見 deu- 2

【引伸】
embel.lisher
n.（名詞）