gilt

英 [ɡɪlt]

美 [ɡɪlt]

n.  镀金; 金色涂层; 金边证券; 绩优证券; 小母猪

复数：gilts　

Collins.2 / BNC.7978 / COCA.17776

习惯用语

n.

take the gilt off the gingerbread
• 使失去吸引力；令人扫兴；煞风景
  to do or be sth that makes a situation or achievement less attractive or impressive

牛津词典

noun

• 镀金；金色涂层
  a thin layer of gold, or sth like gold that is used on a surface for decoration
  1. gilt lettering
     烫印的金字
• 金边证券； 绩优证券
  gilt-edged investments
• 小母猪
  a young female pig

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 镀金的；烫金的
  Agiltobject is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
  1. ...marble columns and gilt spires.
     大理石柱和镀金塔尖
• 金边证券；绩优证券
  Giltsare gilt-edged stocks or securities.

英英释义

noun

• a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
  Synonym:gilding

adj

• having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  1. long aureate (or golden) hair
  2. a gold carpet
  Synonym:aureategildedgoldgolden

双语例句

• The room beyond was lined with shelves of gilt antique books.
  房间远端立着一排用镶金边的古书做装饰的架子。
• The rest of the money is invested in gilt.
  其余的钱投资于金边证券。
• He inherited characteristic Puritan preoccupations with sin, with gilt and with secrecy.
  他继承了清教特有的关于原罪、罪过和隐秘的观念。
• He bought her a gilt brooch.
  他给她买了一枚镀金胸针。
• And she saw framed in the cracking gilt molding a stranger.
  她看见带有裂纹的镀金镜框里站着一个陌生人。
• On a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily's father.
  壁炉前已经失去金色光泽的画架上面放着爱米丽父亲的炭笔画像。
• Its gilt purchases may have lowered long-term capital market rates, but not made businesses or households more eager to spend.
  英国央行购买英国国债的举动或许降低了长期资本市场利率，但并没有使企业和家庭更加迫切地去消费。
• This bone china tea set is decorated with bands of cornucopias with corn in them in gilt with some red enamel.
  这套骨瓷茶具，杯边有象征富饶的羊角装饰，有镀金的谷物点缀，还刷了一层红瓷漆。
• Heavy gilt iron and cold glass.
  大楼由沉重的镀金铁和冰冷的玻璃构成。
• The Bank of England, they say, can keep gilt yields where it wants.
  这些批评者说，英国央行（BoE）能够把英国国债债券收益率保持在希望的任何水平上。