gild
英 [gɪld]
美[ɡɪld]
- vt. 镀金；虚饰；供给钱
- n. (Gild)人名；(俄)希尔德
词态变化
第三人称单数: gilds;过去式: gilded;过去分词: gilded;现在分词: gilding;
助记提示
gold金子。
gild镀金,虚饰。
gild镀金,虚饰。
中文词源
gild 镀金
来自gold的动词形式。
英英释意
- 1. a formal association of people with similar interests;
- "he joined a golf club"
- "they formed a small lunch society"
- "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
英文词源
- gild
- gild: see gold
- gild (v.)
- Old English gyldan "to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold," from Proto-Germanic *gulthjan (cognates: Old Norse gylla "to gild," Old High German ubergulden "to cover with gold"), from *gulthan "gold" (see gold). Related: Gilded; gilding. Figuratively from 1590s.
词组搭配
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
实用场景例句
- The golden light gilded the sea.
- 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
牛津词典
- Carve the names and gild them.
- 把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...gilded statues.
- 镀金雕像
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.
- 太阳将这些镀金的圆屋顶变成了闪耀的光点.
期刊摘选
- To talk about the beautiful sunset is to gild the lily.
- 谈论日落之美是多此一举.
期刊摘选
- Don't gild the lily, gild the sissy.
- 不要给百合花镀金, 要给娘娘腔.
期刊摘选
- Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
- 对此发表评说无异于画蛇添足.
期刊摘选
- Don t gild the lily.
- 不要画蛇添足.
期刊摘选
- Distrusting every light that seemed to gild.
- 我信不过那似乎浮泛在眼前的.
期刊摘选
- And these four candles shall remain in the keeping of the steward of the gild.
- 事毕,这4支蜡烛继续由行会的管事保管.
期刊摘选
- With Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney primed to flower anew, Owen can gild the lily.
- 贝巴和鲁尼如今蓄势待发, 欧文也可以为曼联锦上添花.
期刊摘选
- She had health and beauty, and money to gild these gifts.
- 她健康而漂亮, 富有使这些天赋更加熠熠生辉.
辞典例句
- For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily.
- 漂亮的姑娘加上化装,是锦上添花.
期刊摘选
- Carve the names and gild them.
- 把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
柯林斯例句