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

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。
So we trade freedom for a gilded cage.
于是我们用自由换了这个镶金的鸟笼。
Sunlight gilded the children's faces.
阳光照得孩子们的脸格外灿烂。
A scared calf's face gilded with marmalade.
糊满了桔子酱的脸惊惶得像头小牛犊。
Fast-forward to the 1990s Gilded Age of President Carlos Menem.
接下来让我们快进到20世纪90年代，也就是卡洛斯•梅内姆总统的镀金时代。
The whole body of the hall was made of copper with a gold-plated roof. Sunshine gilded the rooftops.
通体铜制，檐顶鎏金。阳光把屋顶抹成了金色。
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。
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 priest chants before gilded altars.
神父在镀金的祭坛前吟唱。
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。