Gild
[ ɡɪld ]
第3级
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vt. 镀金，给…贴上金箔;修饰，虚饰;使阔气，使有钱;使光彩夺目;
n. 协会，行会（同guild）;同业公会;[植]依赖植物集团;
📝 例句
She had health and beauty, and money to gild these gifts.
她健康而漂亮, 富有使这些天赋更加熠熠生辉.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ gold-黄金,gild-镀金:好像黄金来镀金
※ gold-黄金,gild-镀金:用很少的金子达到很好的效果→镀金
📖 牛津释义
gild
v[Tn]
1 cover (sth) with gold-leaf(3) or gold-coloured paint 覆金箔於（某物）; 涂金色於（某物）
gild a picture-frame 给画框涂上金色.
2 (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) make (sth) bright as if with gold 使（某物）如金子般生光
white walls of houses gilded by the morning sun 金色晨光照耀下的房子的白墙.
3 (idm 习语) gild the `lily try to improve what is already satisfactory 给百合花贴金（尽力改进本已合意的事物）. gild the `pill make (sth) unpleasant but necessary seem attractive 苦药裹糖衣（将讨厌的但必要的事物弄得吸引人）.
🔁 扩展释义
*[gild]vt. 镀金, 虚饰, 装饰, 供给钱
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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The plight of starving people is too awful to think about.
饥民的苦境糟得不可想象。
No one can match us so far as quality is concerned.
就质量而言，没有任何厂家能和我们相比。
We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去。在演出开始前场内肯定已有好几百人了。