gilt

英 [ɡɪlt]

美 [ɡɪlt]

n. 镀金; 金色涂层; 金边证券; 绩优证券; 小母猪

复数：gilts　

Collins.2 / BNC.7978 / COCA.17776

习惯用语

take the gilt off the gingerbread

使失去吸引力；令人扫兴；煞风景
to do or be sth that makes a situation or achievement less attractive or impressive

牛津词典

noun

镀金；金色涂层
a thin layer of gold, or sth like gold that is used on a surface for decoration
1. gilt lettering
  烫印的金字
金边证券；绩优证券
gilt-edged investments
小母猪
a young female pig

柯林斯词典

ADJ 镀金的；烫金的
Agiltobject is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
1. ...marble columns and gilt spires.
  大理石柱和镀金塔尖
金边证券；绩优证券
Giltsare gilt-edged stocks or securities.

英英释义

noun

a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Synonym:gilding

adj

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
1. long aureate (or golden) hair
2. a gold carpet
Synonym:aureategildedgoldgolden

双语例句

He inherited characteristic Puritan preoccupations with sin, with gilt and with secrecy.
他继承了清教特有的关于原罪、罪过和隐秘的观念。
Gilt: The decoration of one or more edges of a book with burnished gold leaf.
金箔装饰：在书本边缘刷上金箔的情况。
This bone china tea set is decorated with bands of cornucopias with corn in them in gilt with some red enamel.
这套骨瓷茶具，杯边有象征富饶的羊角装饰，有镀金的谷物点缀，还刷了一层红瓷漆。
The bed, with the one gilt knob missing, attracted his attention.
那张掉了一件镀金球形饰物的床引起了他的注意。
A safe investment is blue chips or, better still, gilt-edged securities.
一种可靠的投资是买值钱而热门的股票，或者更可靠的一种买安全的金边证券。
But there was a sell-off, which sent gilt yields 17 basis points higher, and dragged the pound up with it.
但实际上，市场上出现了抛售，将英国国债收益率推高了17个基点，并使英镑汇率联袂上扬。
Its gilt purchases may have lowered long-term capital market rates, but not made businesses or households more eager to spend.
英国央行购买英国国债的举动或许降低了长期资本市场利率，但并没有使企业和家庭更加迫切地去消费。
And she saw framed in the cracking gilt molding a stranger.
她看见带有裂纹的镀金镜框里站着一个陌生人。
On a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily's father.
壁炉前已经失去金色光泽的画架上面放着爱米丽父亲的炭笔画像。
The Bank of England, they say, can keep gilt yields where it wants.
这些批评者说，英国央行（BoE）能够把英国国债债券收益率保持在希望的任何水平上。