That fat woman looked ridiculous in her tight golden dress. 那位胖妇人穿着金色的紧身礼服,显得滑稽可笑。
The road looks beautiful covered by golden pine needles. 这条路上铺满了金黄色的松针,看上去美极了。
golden
[ adj ]
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
<adj.all> long aureate (or golden) hair a gold carpet
marked by peace and prosperity
<adj.all> a golden era the halcyon days of the clipper trade
made from or covered with gold
<adj.all> gold coins the gold dome of the Capitol the golden calf gilded icons
supremely favored
<adj.all> golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust
suggestive of gold
<adj.all> a golden voice
presaging or likely to bring good luck
<adj.all> a favorable time to ask for a raise lucky stars a prosperous moment to make a decision
Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.
{Golden age}. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver age}, {bronze age}, and {iron age}. --Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature.
{Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards.
{Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict.
{Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
{Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers.
{Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup.
{Golden eagle} (Zo["o]l.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year is the {ring-tailed eagle}.
{Golden fleece}. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also {Toison d'Or}.
{Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
{Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}.
{Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century.
{Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the ``Aurea Legenda'') written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled.
{Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.]
{Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation.
Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
{Golden mole} (Zo["o]l), one of several South African Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[ae]}, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold.
{Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold.
{Golden oriole}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Oriole}.
{Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}.
{Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
{Golden plover} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({Charadrius apricarius}, syn. {Charadrius pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow plover}, {black-breasted plover}, {hill plover}, and {whistling plover}. The common American species ({Charadrius dominicus}) is also called {frostbird}, and {bullhead}.
{Golden robin}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab.
{Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See.
{Golden rule}. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. --Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
{Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
{Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet places in early spring.
{Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves.
{Golden sulphide of antimony}, or {Golden sulphuret of antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder.
{Golden warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a common American wood warbler ({Dendroica [ae]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}.
{Golden wasp} (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family {Chrysidid[ae]}. The colors are golden, blue, and green.
{Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.
"It's golden handcuffs," Mr. Petersen says.
But executive producer Pierre Cossette, who has been doing Grammy shows almost since the golden age of silent television, fashioned a well-paced evening.
One senior administration intelligence official says Mr. Casey's worst mistake was squandering a golden opportunity to improve the political foundations on which secret agencies must operate in a democracy.
Of course the grand arcade of Le Corbusier's Chandigarh courts comes to mind - but here is marble, plaster and golden stone, not sad and stained concrete.
'There is a golden opportunity to establish brands and strong market franchises from scratch.' But what are the chances of the gamble paying off?
"This is a golden age for Japan," Reagan told some 600 people attending a banquet in his honor. "A genuine golden age provides the world with a distinctive idea, a philosophy, a cause, a greater good.
"This is a golden age for Japan," Reagan told some 600 people attending a banquet in his honor. "A genuine golden age provides the world with a distinctive idea, a philosophy, a cause, a greater good.
But for the lucky convention-goers, it was a golden opportunity to try Robert Zitin's honey ham, or maybe Stuart Schnurman's mango nectar.
That was after the dancers, encased in glittery, golden five-pointed stars, trooped onstage.
"We don't like to make the goose that lays the golden egg uncomfortable.
The biscuits came out a golden brown.
The girls were not so golden.
Even the North Vietnamese couldn't believe we could be that stupid; a number of North Vietnamese military officials have noted that they missed a golden opportunity because they were unprepared to take the offensive.
The propaganda line was the "golden era" of Ceausescu, even when the country that had been known as Europe's breadbasket became one of its poorest.
This is the golden goose that it is in everyone's interest - Britain's, Hong Kong's, and China's - to keep alive. The trick can be done by a skilful political operator, which Mr Patten happens to be.
McDonald's placed an advertisement for 630 crew spots at the Soviet Union's first golden arches _ and was swamped with job applications from 25,000 Muscovites, a company official says.
It looks to us like a golden opportunity for George Bush to chop off at the knees all this talk about a timid, unserious presidency.
"It's a golden opportunity.
Some bosses who lost their jobs were big winners because of so-called "golden parachute" severance awards they had negotiated.
With manufacturers benefiting from a large boost to competitiveness resulting from the lower pound, he reckons the sector has a 'golden opportunity' to expand.
The lower dollar is giving U.S. manufacturers a golden opportunity to win back customers, rebuild buyer loyalty and gain market share at home and abroad.
Each of the new "princes of the church," wearing crimson vestments and a golden cross, then went up to the stage to receive their certificate from Casaroli.
Juan Orol, a leading director during the "golden age" of Mexican cinema, died Thursday of complications from diabetes, his family said.
Some jingles, like golden oldies, last for decades.
"Not everybody has a golden tongue.
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Fallen autumn leaves have laid a picturesque golden carpet on the many acres of greensward that set off Harrogate's fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
"Most of the key executives have indicated they will take their golden parachutes," Morosky, now president of Campeau-owned Allied Stores Corp., said Wednesday.
"It is a beautiful and interesting primate," Beck said. "But probably more important is, if it can survive, virtually the entire ecosystem can survive." The golden lion tamarin is what biologists call a flagship species.
The room was jammed with high-spending customers gulping bottles of beer to wash down earthworms cooked with golden mushrooms and other specialties.