gild

英 [ɡɪld]

美 [ɡɪld]

v.  使如金子般生光(或生辉、生色); 给…镀金; 涂金于

现在分词：gilding　过去式：gilded　过去分词：gilded　复数：gilds　第三人称单数：gilds　

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Collins.1 / BNC.21874 / COCA.23519

习惯用语

v.

gild the lily
• 画蛇添足；多此一举
  to spoil sth that is already good or beautiful by trying to improve it

牛津词典

verb

• 使如金子般生光（或生辉、生色）
  to make sth look bright, as if covered with gold
  1. The golden light gilded the sea.
     金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
• 给…镀金；涂金于
  to cover sth with a thin layer of gold or gold paint

柯林斯词典

• 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。

英英释义

noun

• a formal association of people with similar interests
  1. he joined a golf club
  2. they formed a small lunch society
  3. men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
  Synonym:clubsocial clubsocietyguildlodgeorder

verb

• decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
  Synonym:begildengild

双语例句

• Refined sugar; refined oil; to gild refined gold-Shakespeare.
  精糖；经过提纯的油；为纯金镀金-莎士比亚。
• The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.
  太阳将这些镀金的圆屋顶变成了闪耀的光点。
• For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
  对于这么漂亮的女孩儿，化妆根本是多此一举。
• The actual quote is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily".
  实际上原文是：为纯金镀金，为百合花添彩。
• So gild CEO sheeroy Desai and his team decided they were going to try to hire someone less known and more affordable.
  于是公司老总谢罗伊•德赛和他的团队做出决定，尝试寻找那些名声不大、工资要求不高的程序员。
• Carve the names and gild them.
  把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
• 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。
• Vacuum Evaporate Gild System and Technology for Vehicle Lanterns
  汽车灯具真空镀膜系统及技术
• To talk about the beautiful sunset is to gild the lily.
  谈论日落之美是多此一举。
• Study is made on the use of Cu-based and Fe-Cr-based alloy as the binding phase of TiO-based Cermet gild material.
  本文对铜基与铁铬基两个系列的合金用作一氧化钛（TiO）基金属陶瓷仿金材料的粘结相进行了研究。