英语词汇“gold dust”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gold dust

noun [mass noun]

1Fine particles of gold.He did offer patients who suffered from heart attacks an expensive cure that involved gold dust in a powder made from pearls, but he advised his colleagues to try to avoid hopeless cases as a matter of principle....

Her maids had curled her hair and powdered it with gold dust, and were finishing an application of painted patches to her face.
To portray the area she comes from, the dress will be black with gold overlay to mimic our history of miners searching for gold dust in black sand.

1.1British A thing that is difficult to find or obtain: council nursery places are like gold dust...

Also avoid the Hungarian Grand Prix when available rooms are like gold dust and you'll need a bar of the stuff if you're lucky enough to find one.
Our volunteers are like gold dust to Cancer Care we can't manage without them.
Land's like gold dust in Eastbourne and there's plenty they could do with it in Swanley.

Synonyms

scarce, in great demand, at a premium, hard to come by, in short supply, thin on the ground, few and far between, not to be had, rare, rare/scarce as hen's teeth

informal not to be had for love or money

2A cultivated evergreen alyssum, with grey-green leaves and numerous small yellow flowers.

Alyssum saxatile, family Cruciferae.

单词	gold dust
释义	gold dust noun [mass noun] 1Fine particles of gold.He did offer patients who suffered from heart attacks an expensive cure that involved gold dust in a powder made from pearls, but he advised his colleagues to try to avoid hopeless cases as a matter of principle.... Her maids had curled her hair and powdered it with gold dust, and were finishing an application of painted patches to her face. To portray the area she comes from, the dress will be black with gold overlay to mimic our history of miners searching for gold dust in black sand. 1.1British A thing that is difficult to find or obtain: council nursery places are like gold dust... Also avoid the Hungarian Grand Prix when available rooms are like gold dust and you'll need a bar of the stuff if you're lucky enough to find one. Our volunteers are like gold dust to Cancer Care we can't manage without them. Land's like gold dust in Eastbourne and there's plenty they could do with it in Swanley. Synonyms scarce, in great demand, at a premium, hard to come by, in short supply, thin on the ground, few and far between, not to be had, rare, rare/scarce as hen's teeth informal not to be had for love or money 2A cultivated evergreen alyssum, with grey-green leaves and numerous small yellow flowers. Alyssum saxatile, family Cruciferae.
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