英語單詞

gild是什麽意思

gild

英 [gɪld] 美 [ɡɪld]
  • vt. 鍍金;虛飾;供給錢
  • n. (Gild)人名;(俄)希爾德

助記提示


gold金子。
gild鍍金,虛飾。

中文詞源


gild 鍍金

來自gold的動詞形式。

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. Carve the names and gild them.
把姓名刻上去,再鍍上金。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She had health and beauty, and money to gild these gifts.
她健康而漂亮, 富有使這些天賦更加熠熠生輝.

來自辭典例句

3. The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.
太陽將這些鍍金的圓屋頂變成了閃耀的光點.

來自互聯網

4. To talk about the beautiful sunset is to gild the lily.
談論日落之美是多此一舉.

來自互聯網

5. Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
對此發表評說無異於畫蛇添足.

來自互聯網

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