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gild

v.镀金

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gild为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:gilder 动词过去式:gilded/gilt 过去分词:gilded/gilt 现在分词:gilding 第三人称单数:gilds

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gild


/gɪld; ˇɪld/
v [Tn]
1 cover (sth) with gold-leaf(3) or gold-coloured paint 覆金箔于(某物); 涂金色于(某物)
*gild a picture-frame 给画框涂上金色.
2 (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) make (sth) bright as if with gold 使(某物)如金子般生光
*white walls of houses gilded by the morning sun 金色晨光照耀下的房子的白墙.
3 (idm 习语) gild the `lily try to improve what is already satisfactory 给百合花贴金(尽力改进本已合意的事物). gild the `pill make (sth) unpleasant but necessary seem attractive 苦药裹糖衣(将讨厌的但必要的事物弄得吸引人).

gild


v [T]
[Language: Old English;Origin: gyldan]
to cover something with a thin layer of gold or with something that looks like gold
 a gilded frame
literary to make something look as if it is covered in gold
 The autumn sun gilded the lake.
gild the lily
to spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already good enough