gild

单词音标

gild音标[gild]

汉语翻译

vt. 镀金, 虚饰, 装饰, 供给钱

词型变化

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

英语解释

名词 gild:

a formal association of people with similar interests

同义词：club, social club, society, guild, lodge, order

动词 gild:

decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

同义词：begild, engild

例句

He bought her a gilt brooch.

他给她买了一枚镀金胸针。

Her beauty gilds her vice.

她的美貌掩盖了她的邪恶。

For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.

对一个这样漂亮的女孩来说，化妆有些画蛇添足。

The setting sun gilds the sky.

落日把天空染成金色。

详细解释

gild

v.tr.（及物动词）

gild.ed 或 gilt [glt] gild.ing,gilds

To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.

镀金；贴上金箔：用或好象用一层很薄的黄金覆盖

To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.

虚饰，粉饰：通常是给人一种不可靠的欺骗性吸引力或较好的外表

Archaic To smear with blood.

【古语】 以血弄脏

<习惯用语>gild the lily

To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.

画蛇添足：不必要地修饰本来就很美的东西

To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.

画蛇添足：对原本已很完整的东西作多余的添加

来源：

Middle English gilden

中古英语 gilden

from Old English gyldan * see ghel- 2

源自 古英语 gyldan *参见 ghel- 2

【引伸】

gild.er

n.（名词）

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gild

gild 2

n.（名词）

Variant of guild

guild的变体