| 单词 | of gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof gold a. Something likened to gold in being beautiful, rare, or unsurpassed in preciousness. of gold: of the highest or purest quality. Often literary and poetic in later use.See also heart of gold at Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > specifically in a person > person goldc1175 society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > specifically in a person > a noble heart goldc1175 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > loving kindness > kind heart goldc1175 heart of grace1597 soft centre1941 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2611 Butt iff itt beo þurrh þildess gold. All full wel oferrgildedd. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 233 Þanne byeþ þe þri cornes of þe lilye wel y-gelt mid þe golde of charite. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) v. l. 607 (MED) Graunt vs this day of thy magnyfycence The golde of loue, the franke of Innocence. a1628 J. Preston Of Love viii. 187 in Breast-plate of Faith (1630) There is silver and golde in his [sc. the good man's] speeches and actions, that is, they are likewise precious. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. v In the same Paper, written by divers Hands..I cou'd separate your Gold from their Copper. 1736 S. Wesley Poems Several Occasions 242 Who durst with meaner Dross prophane His Purity of Gold! 1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale iv. xv, in Tales Wayside Inn 85 If in his gifts he can faithless be, There will be no gold in his love to me. 1877 S. Baring-Gould Myst. Suffering 51 What a glorious world..what gold of gladness, what sunshine of felicity it affords. 1947 M. E. Boylan This Tremendous Lover (new ed.) xvi. 258 Humility is the Philosopher's Stone which changes all our losses into the gold of God's favor. 2016 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 24 July 24 The celebrated British singer/songwriter with the voice of gold. < as lemmas |
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