做得很細、下過很多工的東西
形容詞的兩個意思是同一份「下過很多工」落在不同材料上：一個落在看得見的物件，一個落在看不見的安排。
richly detailed · adjective · C2
Having a lot of small parts or details put together in a way that is rich and not simple.
繁複的
核心畫面
One way to hold it: a lot of work has gone in, and you can see the work. Not one plain shape but many small parts fitted together — , layered, worked over until the detail itself is what you notice.
這東西「被下過很多功夫」，而且那些功夫看得出來。不是一個乾淨的簡單形狀，而是許多小零件、小細節一層層做上去——雕過、…更多收起
這東西「被下過很多功夫」，而且那些功夫看得出來。不是一個乾淨的簡單形狀，而是許多小零件、小細節一層層做上去——雕過、繞過、修過，最後你第一眼注意到的就是那份細。這個「工很多、細節很多」的感覺，是 elaborate 三個用法共同的底：不管是一件禮服、一個計畫，還是一段說明，都是「再多做一點、再細一點」。From the word’s history
From Late Latin ēlabōrātus, past participle of ēlabōrō “to work out”, from ē- (“out, fully”) + labor (“work, toil”) — literally “worked out fully”. Labour is visible in the modern word: everything elaborate is something someone put a lot of work into.
來自晚期拉丁文 ēlabōrātus（ēlabōrō「做出來、費力完成」的過去分詞），由 ē-（出來、徹底）加 labor（勞動、辛苦；就是 labour 那個字）組成，字面是「被徹底做出來的」。這個字根很有用，因為 labor 那份「花力氣」的意思一直留在現代用法裡：說一樣東西 elaborate，等於說有人在上面耗過工。
Wiktionary entry for “elaborate” (1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus < ē- + labor)
Two branches
把話再做細一點
動詞是把形容詞的畫面反過來當動作用：形容詞說「這東西已經被做得很細」，動詞說「來把它做細」。對象換成了語言——你先講了一個簡略版本，然後在上面補零件。
give more details · verb · C2
To give more details or new information about something you have already said or written.
詳述
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
elaborateadj/ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/
- 1
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.
- 2
Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
- I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
elaborateverb/ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
- 1
Тo develop in detail or complexity.
- […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.
- The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
- 2
To expand/enlarge in detail.
- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。