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 gilding ['gildiŋ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 镀金, 镀金材料, 涂金, 虚饰的外观, 假象

[计] 镀金, 装金

[化] 饰金; 涂金; 飞金


  1. The setting sun gilds the sky.
    落日把天空染成金色。
  2. 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。
  3. Her beauty gilds her vice.
    她的美貌掩盖了她的邪恶。


gilding
[ noun ]
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
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Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gilded} or {Gilt}
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gilding}.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold.
[root]234. See {Gold}.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a
golden color; to cause to look like gold. ``Gilded
chariots.'' --Pope.

No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.

2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull.

3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to
embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak.

4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]

This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.


Gilding \Gild"ing\ (g[i^]ld"[i^]ng), n.
1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold
leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that
which resembles gold.

2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any
surface.

3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what
is solid and genuine.

{Gilding metal}, a tough kind of sheet brass from which
cartridge shells are made.

  1. Mr. Sarfaty reiterated his belief that Mr. Garamendi's conditions for the bid were "gilding the lily," but said the organization was making every effort to meet Mr. Garamendi's challenges.
  2. Damaged cast-iron railing ornaments were reproduced by an Alabama concern; the hall's original wood floor was spruced up by a New York outfit; and gilding and glazing was supervised by a California corporation.
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