gilded

英 [ˈɡɪldɪd]

美 [ˈɡɪldɪd]

adj. 镀金的; 涂金色的; 富贵的; 上层阶级的
v. 使如金子般生光(或生辉、生色); 给…镀金; 涂金于
gild的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：gilded　过去式：gilded　

BNC.12045 / COCA.12081

牛津词典

adj.

镀金的；涂金色的
covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint
富贵的；上层阶级的
rich and belonging to the upper classes
1. the gilded youth (= rich, upper-class young people) of the Edwardian era
  爱德华时代富贵的年轻人

VERB 给…镀金；涂金于…
If yougilda surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
1. Carve the names and gild them.
  把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
2. ...gilded statues.
  镀金雕像
PHRASE 画蛇添足；多此一举
If you say that someone isgilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.
1. Gilding the lily of what is basically a romantic comedy, the director falls a little short of his best mark.
  这基本上是一出浪漫喜剧，这位导演却画蛇添足，没有发挥出他的最佳水平。

adj

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
1. long aureate (or golden) hair
2. a gold carpet
Synonym:aureategiltgoldgolden
made from or covered with gold
1. gold coins
2. the gold dome of the Capitol
3. the golden calf
4. gilded icons
Synonym:goldgolden
rich and superior in quality
1. a princely sum
2. gilded dining rooms
Synonym:deluxegrandluxuriousopulentprincelysumptuous
based on pretense
1. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
2. meretricious praise
3. a meretricious argument
Synonym:meretriciousspecious

Original paragraph: The age of gilded youth is over.
富贵的年轻人的时代已经结束了。
Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder-length blonde hair.
窗户透进的阳光将她棕褐的披肩发“染”成了金色。
I have all the philosophers in my library gilded on the edges.
在我的图书室里的这些哲学家的书边上都是烫了金的。
Along the walls flanking the gate the are ten gilded bronze vats.
沿着这个大门两侧有十个镀金的青铜大缸。
Sunlight gilded the children's faces.
阳光照得孩子们的脸格外灿烂。
He was bare-headed, and the leaves had tossed his rebellious curls and tangled all their gilded threads.
他没戴帽子，树叶搅乱了他那桀骜不驯的卷发，叫所有那些发丝都纠结起来。
On gilded paper bound in calfskin.
用烫金纸和小牛皮装订。
Immediately above his head there hung three discoloured metal balls which looked as if they had once been gilded.
他的头顶上面挂着三个褪了色的铁球，看上去以前曾经是镀过金的。
She gilded easily from Washington society to the international jet set.
她轻而易举地从华盛顿社交界进入了尽是富人的国际社交界。
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。