| 单词 | gold |
| 释义 | gold (once / 40 pages) nadj Gold is a relatively soft, shiny precious metal. Many kinds of jewelry, including necklaces, bangles, and wedding rings are traditionally made of gold. The element itself is called gold, and it's used to make valuable jewels, coins, and as a standard for currency trading. You can also use the word to describe the color, a shiny metallic deep yellow, or to describe things made from the metal: "Check out my new gold earrings!" Gold is an Old English word that shares a Proto-Indo-European root with the word "yellow:" ghel-, which means "yellow or green," and possibly "bright." WORD FAMILYgold: gold-colored, golder, goldest, goldly, golds USAGE EXAMPLESGold XAU= was sluggish, with the precious metal sliding about 0.1 percent to $1,150.82, after a flat start to the year on Monday. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Family matriarch Carol Bundy is expressing fear that the government will ban grazing in the Gold Butte area — although the U.S. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Frenchman won Olympic gold in the downhill at the 1960 winter games in Squaw Valley, California. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia Syn|Hypo|Hyper Au, atomic number 79 24-karat gold, pure gold 100 per cent gold gold dustthe particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining green golda gold alloy (at least 14 karat gold with silver or silver and cadmium) that has a green appearance guinea gold22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made noble metal any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation 2n coins made of gold Hyper precious metal any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry 3n great wealth "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson Hyper riches, wealth an abundance of material possessions and resources 4n something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. the child was as good as gold she has a heart of gold Hyper invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness, valuableness the positive quality of being precious and beyond value 5n a deep yellow color he admired the gold of her hair Syn|Hyper amber yellow, yellowness yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons 6adj made from or covered with gold gold coins the gold dome of the Capitol Syn gilded, golden metal, metallic containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal 7adj having the deep slightly brownish color of gold a gold carpet Syn aureate, gilded, gilt, golden chromatic being or having or characterized by hue |
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