| 单词 | gild |
| 释义 | gild (once / 507 pages) 1n 2v To gild something is to cover it with gold. You gild an object in order to decorate it — or just to show off your wealth. From forks to picture frames, gilding can make objects seem ritzy, glamorous, and more valuable. However, some things in life just don’t need a coat of gold. If someone says you are “gilding the lily,” they mean that you are trying to improve on something that is already perfect. WORD FAMILYgild: gilded, gilder, gilding, gilds+/gilder: gilders/gilding: gildings USAGE EXAMPLESThey appeared on a giant rooster statue, just above some three-toed feet and a blood-red wattle that hangs below a gilded nose and mouth. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) And in still another, a king’s daughter is said to be “as blond as lily pollen and the slightly gilded silver of ancient altar vases.” Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) For reasons I fear are obvious, books from and about America’s original Gilded Age seem newly compelling. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) 1 n a formal association of people with similar interests 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper club, guild, lodge, order, social club, society athenaeum, atheneum a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning bookcluba club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices chaptera local branch of some fraternity or association chess cluba club of people to play chess country cluba suburban club for recreation and socializing frat, fraternitya social club for male undergraduates glee cluba club organized to sing together golf cluba club of people to play golf hunt, hunt cluban association of huntsmen who hunt for sport investors cluba club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly jockey cluba club to promote and regulate horse racing racket clubclub for players of racket sports rowing cluba club for rowers slate cluba group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas) sororitya social club for female undergraduates turnvereina club of tumblers or gymnasts boat club, yacht clubclub that promotes and supports yachting and boating service cluba club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services tennis cluba club of people to play tennis International Association of Lions clubs, Lions Clubclub dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare Rotary Club, Rotary Internationala group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace association a formal organization of people or groups of people v decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold Syn|Hyper begild, engild adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
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