gilded

英 [ˈɡɪldɪd]

美 [ˈɡɪldɪd]

adj.  镀金的; 涂金色的; 富贵的; 上层阶级的
v.  使如金子般生光(或生辉、生色); 给…镀金; 涂金于
gild的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：gilded　过去式：gilded　

BNC.12045 / COCA.12081

牛津词典

adj.

• 镀金的；涂金色的
  covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint
• 富贵的；上层阶级的
  rich and belonging to the upper classes
  1. the gilded youth (= rich, upper-class young people) of the Edwardian era
     爱德华时代富贵的年轻人

柯林斯词典

• VERB 给…镀金；涂金于…
  If yougilda surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
  1. Carve the names and gild them.
     把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
  2. ...gilded statues.
     镀金雕像
• PHRASE 画蛇添足；多此一举
  If you say that someone isgilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.
  1. Gilding the lily of what is basically a romantic comedy, the director falls a little short of his best mark.
     这基本上是一出浪漫喜剧，这位导演却画蛇添足，没有发挥出他的最佳水平。

英英释义

adj

• having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  1. long aureate (or golden) hair
  2. a gold carpet
  Synonym:aureategiltgoldgolden
• made from or covered with gold
  1. gold coins
  2. the gold dome of the Capitol
  3. the golden calf
  4. gilded icons
  Synonym:goldgolden
• rich and superior in quality
  1. a princely sum
  2. gilded dining rooms
  Synonym:deluxegrandluxuriousopulentprincelysumptuous
• based on pretense
  1. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  2. meretricious praise
  3. a meretricious argument
  Synonym:meretriciousspecious

双语例句

• The vast income and wealth inequalities of the Gilded Age had disappeared.
  按英文原意，应该是：镀金时代巨大的收入不平等和财富不平等消失了。
• Along the walls flanking the gate the are ten gilded bronze vats.
  沿着这个大门两侧有十个镀金的青铜大缸。
• A scared calf's face gilded with marmalade.
  糊满了桔子酱的脸惊惶得像头小牛犊。
• So we trade freedom for a gilded cage.
  于是我们用自由换了这个镶金的鸟笼。
• The rising sun gilded the tree tops with its golden beams.
  初升的太阳给树梢染上了一层金色的光芒。
• Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder-length blonde hair.
  窗户透进的阳光将她棕褐的披肩发“染”成了金色。
• I was an heiress in my gilded youth.
  在我辉煌的青年时代我是一名女继承人。
• Folding screen paintings are in ink or gouache on plain or gilded paper or silk.
  屏风画是用水墨或水彩作于不镶边修饰或镶边修饰的纸和丝绸上。
• The slender figures of palm trees framed the gilded doors of the hotel at Universal Park.
  在环球片场主题公园的一座酒店里，镀金大门的四周映着棕榈树细长的轮廓。
• Sunlight gilded the children's faces.
  阳光照得孩子们的脸格外灿烂。