gilded是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'ɡɪldɪd]
- 美式音标[\'ɡɪldɪd]
adj. 镀金的，装饰的；富有的
v. 给…镀金（gild的过去分词）
英文词源
- gilded (adj.)
- 1560s, past participle adjective from gild (v.). Late Old English had gegylde; Middle English had gilden (adj.). In modern use the more dignified past participle of gild, alternative to gilt. Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded; the quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily." Gilded Age as an era in U.S. history (roughly 1870-1900) is from the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, published in 1873.
实用例句
- 1. The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs.
- 他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
- 市长大人坐在他阔气的马车里在后面跟着。来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The golden light gilded the sea.
- 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。来自《权威词典》
- 4. " Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead! "
- " 朋友们, 这只不过是些镀金的铅饼!来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
- 5. Who would not grieve upon a gilded chair?
- 谁不愿意坐在镀金的椅子上伤心 呢 ?来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
