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单词 golden
释义
goldengold‧en /ˈɡəʊldən $ ˈɡoʊl-/ ●●● W3 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • golden sunlight
  • a golden statue
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Bake in a pre-heated oven for 40 min until golden.
  • Every leaf was picked out in golden radiance.
  • I once dreamt of her as an angel with golden wings.
  • Sensing the audience craving for that golden era, the band played it up.
  • She lay on the bed and pulled the coverlet up over herself and the golden Satan shone behind her closed eyes.
  • The tops will brown before the glazed bottom so let the buns bake until the tops are a deep golden brown.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen you have the chance to do something
a situation in which it is possible for you to do something enjoyable, useful, or exciting, or something that you want to do: chance to do something: · I never got the chance to thank him for all his help.· It's a beautiful building - you should go and see it if you have a chance.give somebody a/the chance to do something: · I wish he'd just give me the chance to explain.take the chance to do something (=use a chance when you have it): · You should take the chance to travel while you are still young.chance for somebody to do something: · "Back to School Night" will be a chance for parents to meet their child's teacher.somebody's last chance (=when you will not have another chance): · It was her last chance to see him before she left town.
a chance to do something, especially something that is important or useful to you, or something that you want to do very much: · It was too good an opportunity to pass up.opportunity to do something: · All he needs is an opportunity to show his ability.opportunity of doing something: · After they had refused him the opportunity of improving his position, he resigned.opportunity for somebody to do something: · We see this as an exciting opportunity for our companies to work together.have an/the opportunity (to do something): · She was delighted to have an opportunity to talk with someone who shared her interest in classical music.equal opportunities (=the same opportunities as other people): · All over the world women are demanding equal opportunities.
informal a sudden or unexpected chance to do something, especially to be successful in your job: · Gary wants to work in television. He's just waiting for a break.lucky break: · Seeing that advertisement in the paper was a lucky break for me.big break: · Nimoy's big break in television came in the mid-'60s, when he won the role of Spock on "Star Trek".
· I got a grant from my university to study in the USA for a year. It's a golden opportunity!a golden opportunity (for somebody) to do something · The management course is being paid for by the company and it's a golden opportunity to improve your skills.
the chance to do something very exciting or important that you might never be able to do again: · This job is the chance of a lifetime. You'd be a fool not to take it.· If you don't hurry up and make a decision, you could miss the chance of a lifetime.
a chance to do things you want to do, in the way that you want to do them. Scope is more formal than room: · He refused the post because he felt it didn't offer him much scope.room/scope for: · There will always be room for debate and disagreement in this class.· I have two jobs, which doesn't leave much room for socializing.· Despite our recent success, there is still scope for improvement.room/scope to do something: · We've left the course deliberately vague, so there's room to concentrate on your particular areas of interest.· Better paid labour means greater scope to increase the company's profits.
the chance of being successful at something in the future, especially your job: · He had no job, no family, no home, no prospects.· Employers are now offering more jobs with quality training and excellent career prospects.prospects for: · The prospects for an alliance between the two nations do not look good.
the chance to do something: possibility for: · The possibilities for improvement are endless.· We need to investigate all possibilities for helping these children.
to give someone an opportunity to do something, for example the opportunity to do a particular job: · My experience in the Peace Corps really opened doors for me when I started looking for a job.· Alice Coachman's Olympic success opened the door for generations of African-American track athletes.
WORD SETS
amber, nounamethyst, nounapricot, nounaquamarine, nounashen, adjectiveauburn, adjectiveazure, adjectivebar, nounbarred, adjectivebeige, nounblack, adjectiveblack, nounblack, verbblack and white, adjectiveblacken, verbbleed, verbblood-red, adjectiveblue, adjectiveblue, nounbluish, adjectivebold, adjectivebottle green, nounbrassy, adjectivebrindled, adjectivebronze, nounbronze, adjectivebrown, adjectivebrown, nounbuff, nounburgundy, nouncarmine, nouncarroty, adjectivecerise, nouncerulean, nounchartreuse, nouncherry, nounchestnut, nounchestnut, adjectivechromatic, adjectivechrome yellow, nounclaret, nounclear, adjectivecoffee, nouncool, adjectivecopper, nouncoral, adjectivecream, adjectivecreamy, adjectivecrimson, adjectivecyan, adjectivedappled, adjectivedapple-grey, nounDay-Glo, adjectivediscoloration, noundiscolour, verbdrab, adjectivedull, adjectivedun, noundusky, adjectivedye, verbebony, adjectivefawn, adjectiveflaxen, adjectiveflesh-coloured, adjectiveflorid, adjectivefluorescent, adjectiveflush, nounfuchsia, noungarish, adjectivegarnet, noungaudy, adjectivegay, adjectiveginger, adjectivegold, noungold, adjectivegolden, adjectivegray, green, adjectivegreen, noungreenish, adjectivegrey, adjectivegrey, noungreyish, adjectivehazel, adjectiveindigo, nouniridescent, adjectiveivory, nounjade, nounjet-black, adjectivekhaki, nounlavender, nounleaden, adjectivelemon, nounlilac, nounlily-white, adjectivelime green, nounlivid, adjectiveloud, adjectiveluminous, adjectivelurid, adjectivemagenta, nounmagnolia, nounmahogany, nounmaroon, nounmatch, nounmauve, nounmellow, adjectivemellow, verbmonochrome, adjectivemousy, adjectivemuddy, adjectivemulticoloured, adjectivemustard, nounmuted, adjectivenavy blue, adjectiveneutral, adjectiveochre, nounoff-white, nounolive, nounopalescent, adjectiveorange, nounpale, adjectivepastel, nounpastel, adjectivepeach, nounpea green, nounpearly, adjectivepepper-and-salt, adjectivepink, adjectivepink, nounpinkish, adjectiveplum, nounplum, adjectivepowder blue, nounprimary colour, nounprimrose, nounprismatic, adjectivepuce, adjectivepure, adjectivepurple, nounpurplish, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounredden, verbreddish, adjectiveredhead, nounrestrained, adjectiverich, adjectiverose, nounrose, adjectiveroseate, adjectiverose-coloured, adjectiverosy, adjectiveroyal blue, nounruby, nounruddy, adjectiverusset, nounsable, adjectivesaffron, nounscarlet, adjectivesepia, nounshade, nounshocking pink, nounsienna, nounsilver, nounsilver, adjectivesilvery, adjectivesky-blue, adjectivesnow-white, adjectivesnowy, adjectivesoft, adjectivesombre, adjectivesteely, adjectivetaupe, nountawny, adjectiveteal, nountint, nountint, verbtone, nounturquoise, nountwo-tone, adjectiveultramarine, nounumber, nounvermilion, nounvibrant, adjectiveviolet, nounwarm, adjectivewaxen, adjectiveweak, adjectivewhite, adjectivewhite, nounwhiten, verbwhitish, adjectiveyellow, adjectiveyellow, nounyellow, verbyellowy, adjective
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 the golden years of childhood
 the golden age of radio
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a time of great happiness or success)· a television show from the golden age of British comedy
· The house was beside a dazzling white beach.
· Cook until the cheese is golden brown.
· a little boy with a tangle of blond curls
(=a time when something is at its most successful)· a collection of songs from the golden era of rock 'n' roll
· the beautiful girl with the long golden hair
(=a very good opportunity)· The council has missed a golden opportunity to improve the town centre.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· In some ways it was a golden age.· Instead of realizing that neo-realism was a beginning, they assumed it was an end, a golden age.· A golden age, they said.· Both Aristotle and Plato, our major sources of information about the golden age of Athenian democracy, were deeply critical.· For me, too, a golden age.· Others see a new golden age of business and technology that will lift the market to unimagined heights.· Her career is entering what can only be described as its golden age.· He has become a scapegoat and an excuse, so that romantic writers can maintain their vision of a lost golden age.
· From Mount Ampenan, and over the rocky coastline and long golden beaches is a sight to behold.· Why the desert, when you could be strolling along the golden beaches of California?· There are narrow, golden beaches and beautiful countryside for the day and cafés and restaurants and some discotheques for the night.· How could she find this scene so enchanting after her years on the golden beaches of California?
· Ratner is not a fallen golden boy of the Thatcher era, nor a victim of his own jokes.· From the very beginning, Tordella was the golden boy of the Puzzle Palace.· They are golden boys, about 17 or 18, and apparently weightless.· Terms such as thought leader, golden boy, or winner refer to people with a power base of reputation.· So golden boy had flipped - this week?· First full season for Formula One's new golden boy.· Gone in an instant was that jovial giant, that golden boy, that chestnut-haired youth whom everyone admired.· Sugar had half the company then, was the golden boy of the decade, and was worth at least £600m on paper.
· Dry-fry the chicken until golden brown.· Cook on both sides until golden brown, then drain on paper towel.· Rub a little salt and pepper into the chicken and dry-fry the chicken until golden brown on both sides.· Bake in a preheated oven at 200C, 400F or Gas Mark 6 for 30 minutes until golden brown.· Place the almonds on a baking sheet and bake them, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes.· Bake in a 400-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.
· Where were the golden days which Paris and Chicago and Grosvenor Square had promised them?· Nifty reputation Low-key, approachable and diffident, Matheny was the daddy during the golden days of Southwestern College art.· In the golden days of cinema, feuds often erupted between roguish directors and powerful studio heads.· Autumn drew on in Mitford, and one after another, the golden days were illumined with changing light.· The Capenhurst control line flyers formed in 1985 in a bid to recreate the golden days of their youth.· Return with us now to those golden days of yesteryear.· Even during the long golden days of peace the population had fallen.· The sun crept up into the sky, with the long chain of warm, golden days remaining unbroken.
· Such is the site of Callanish for the golden eagle and in its circle all may find strength and truth.· High above the immense trees which shadowed the river a magnificent golden eagle soared in slow circles.· Other birds particularly under threat include the red kite, white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and hen harrier.· It is framed by gentle hills that look down on oak groves that abound with deer, bobcats and golden eagles.· Then the old female golden eagle came out into the gloom to see what the fuss was.· I saw a golden eagle the size of a building ornament sitting in a field doing nothing.· As the golden eagle is a protected species you prohibited by law from going anywhere near its nest.· Black said Diana was the only golden eagle used in a bird show in Southern California.
· I thought your flat feet were firmly on the ground and your grubby little fingers always ready to grab the golden egg.· The next time up the stalk, Jack stole a hen that laid golden eggs.· High taxes kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.· On his way out, Jack stole the goose that laid the golden eggs.· The most popular story concerning her conception was that a golden egg tumbled out of Chaos in the beginning of the world.· An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.· They killed Goosie Lucy so now there will be no interest payments from her - and no more golden eggs.· The market for golden eggs has dried up completely.
· Sensing the audience craving for that golden era, the band played it up.· It aims to raise money and interest in the craft from that golden era of aviation.
· Completing the trio of golden girls is Millicent Martin - it's a formidable combination.· Even without mistakes, the halo effect eventually wears off when some one else emerges as the new golden girl.· Tennis Golden deal for the golden girl from Florida.· Some observers said Jones would be likely to suffer from guilt by association and the tarnishing of her golden girl image.
· Old-fashioned amateurs used to admire colours with a golden glow, which conservators have demonstrated were the effect of discoloured varnish.· It was a dazzling golden glow.· The colour to possess is a golden glow for six months a year.· So why not give your legs a golden glow with a little fake tan?· The sun had dipped below the horizon, leaving only a soft golden glow in the air.· If she had not quite the fire and the golden glow of her ancestors, nobody remarked it.· Sometimes a pulsing golden glow would race up the translucent walls until it was lost in the haze overhead.
· But the real golden goose comes in the second round.· The golden goose became a turkey.· We don't want to give our golden goose a head-start.· If it does not kill off the golden goose, it will certainly let it starve to death through neglect.
· She was slender and very fair with long golden hair and as unlike as possible any Naulls that had ever been.· His golden hair was parted down the middle, and he wore a gold ring on his right hand.· He was just there, with his long legs and his smooth shoulders and his golden hair and his pride.· The cavalry officer pushed a hand through his long golden hair as he ran up the house steps.· He required the boy to return with three golden hairs from the giant of the kingdom in order to keep his bride.· The smiling, classic features, topped by the golden hair.· Fingers of energy, disguised - a felicitous whim - as strands of your golden hair.
· Good news about my golden handshake.· I never negotiated a corporate prenuptial agreement and never received a golden handshake.· Redundancy payment, or a golden handshake in lieu of notice, up to the value of £30,000.· And the reward for dismissal is a golden handshake of several years' pay.· Usually, you will be more concerned with compensation for loss of office colloquially known as a golden handshake.· He should be able to spare £5,000 out of his golden handshake.· He will walk away with a reported golden handshake of £400,000.· A soft approach can be taken with management on job security, benefits-in-kind, salaries, golden handshakes and so on.
· The highlight of Gibson's later years was the Polyethylenes 1933-83 golden jubilee conference in London in June 1983.
· The fields and woods were bathed in golden light overlaid with a blue haze of heat.· I looked down at the buildings outlined in the distance and thought of the tombstones outlined in the golden light.· The Kilmarnock bus came through the trees with its tiers of golden light.· Up above, the aspen leaves were quivering in the golden light.· Outside, the garden looked more beautiful than ever in the golden light of late afternoon.· The restaurant, open only for dinner, is handsome, cast in a warm golden light.· He got up to walk down the hill in the golden light.· The evening sun slowly ducked behind jagged mountains, radiating golden light and painting long shadows across the water.
· In return I've been given golden moments.· On the opening day of Olympic swimming competition, the truly golden moment was bronze.· For companies, the Olympics is a golden moment.· It was a golden moment for scientists building a potent new atomic accelerator at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.· In these early golden moments, before anyone she knew was killed, nothing went wrong.
· But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie!· Nor does anybody really expect a golden oldie like James Taylor to have much truck with contemporaneity.
· The agenda gave Sutton a golden opportunity to stamp his authority on the paper.· But the country as a whole may have missed a golden opportunity to put its fiscal house in order.· Classic footage, but a golden opportunity wasted to trace his career from his Olympic gold medal days.· Personally, I think you have a golden opportunity before you.· Then in November came a golden opportunity.· To some animals, this moisture is their golden opportunity and perhaps their signal for dispersal.· Once again in desperate time trouble, Karpov misses this golden opportunity.· Tamny was appalled that Harleston had passed up a golden opportunity to dismiss Jeffries.
· Mr deVries says it was never clear the exact terms of Mr Homburg's golden parachute or his priority shares.· He bailed out at just the right time and floated the short distance to earth in a golden parachute.
· Birds under threat include dunlin, golden plover, black grouse, merlin and hen harrier.
· Dennis Griffith, from Swindon was bitten on the face and hands by his golden retriever.· Twenty years later, he got a golden retriever and named her Allie.
· The group displayed material from Syngenta, the multinational which holds the golden rice patents.· Monsanto's patents are by no means the only barrier to producing golden rice, but they are a major one.· Potrykus's goal is to distribute golden rice free to peasant farmers in all poor countries where rice is grown.· They would cross it with varieties adapted to local conditions, and golden rice could be planted in paddies by 2004.
· So here are a few golden rules to follow ... just in case the sun keeps shining.· They discovered and applied the golden rule of leading change: Do unto yourself what you would have others do unto themselves.· The first, golden rule is that children do not learn at an even pace.· In terms of the golden rule of change, it caused them to do unto themselves what they wanted others to do.· Aspiring rock artists should remember one golden rule when dealing with the press: there are no rules.· Remember the golden rule of legal PR-keep the client in the picture.· There are two golden rules in training.· The golden rule is to use a drawing program which builds its image from instructions rather than individual dots.
· She was kneeling on a beach of golden sand.· She forbade him to accompany her beyond the door and walked alone over the golden sand past the flower-beds to the gate.· Le Sport is surrounded by tropical gardens on a secluded bay of golden sand.· Swimming Swimming from Colwyn Bay's 3 miles of golden sand is safe and is ideal for families.
· The walk southwards brings you to Widemouth Bay, a large expanse of golden sands.· Gran said that once Wickrithe had been all golden sands.· Miles of golden sands along the Adriatic.· It is ten miles of golden sands backed by pinewoods.
· She made touching things for the children called mock devil's-food-cakes, concocted out of cocoa, golden syrup, carrots and soya flour.· Porridge with golden syrup was a real treat in Walworth.· Put the sugar, butter, vinegar, golden syrup and water into a heavy saucepan.· The trees around the garden in the centre of Allen Square were spread with golden syrup under the street lamps.· Milk in a brown jug and a choice of sugar or golden syrup still in its green and gilt can.· Harvey's face was near, his fair hair plastered close to the skull like golden syrup.· Lamp-lit faces around a table where cold-weather food steamed, hearty stews and puddings running with golden syrup.
· He should have read the writing on the machine they gave him to spin the golden thread.· Yet there seems to be a dearth of people arguing consistently using a golden thread methodology.
· Her golden wedding band gleamed on the shelf.· Another successful choice would be a golden wedding anniversary.· The pair, both 73, decided to quit on the same day they celebrated their golden wedding.· The golden weddings and stories of handbell ringers and emergent skiffle groups were getting a bit tame, by comparison.
· There were exaggerated expectations for one thing, a more or less inevitable consequence of those golden years.· During these golden years of instruction, parents can make a world of difference by staying engaged and supportive.· The oil crisis alone could not have shattered the confidence which capitalists felt during most of the golden years.· The 1960s were expansive, golden years for the television networks.· The Twenties were golden years of motoring design.· Every long table is filled with oldsters in their golden years costumes-juvenile ensembles of short pants, shirts, and sneakers.· But few celebrities worked so hard to ensure that the proceeds from the golden years all ended up in her coffers.· He suspected that was what his father originally had in mind for his golden years.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • By not buying that stock, I missed a golden opportunity to become a millionaire.
  • As a result a company may have a golden opportunity to remove its operators from their central role in controlling production.
  • But the country as a whole may have missed a golden opportunity to put its fiscal house in order.
  • But Tories have attacked the decision and say a golden opportunity to boost foreign trade links could have been lost.
  • Classic footage, but a golden opportunity wasted to trace his career from his Olympic gold medal days.
  • For the Treasury this presented a golden opportunity to recover its traditional dominance which it had lost during the war.
  • Personally, I think you have a golden opportunity before you.
  • Tamny was appalled that Harleston had passed up a golden opportunity to dismiss Jeffries.
  • The agenda gave Sutton a golden opportunity to stamp his authority on the paper.
  • She's Hollywood's current golden girl.
  • Completing the trio of golden girls is Millicent Martin - it's a formidable combination.
  • Even without mistakes, the halo effect eventually wears off when some one else emerges as the new golden girl.
  • First full season for Formula One's new golden boy.
  • From the very beginning, Tordella was the golden boy of the Puzzle Palace.
  • Ratner is not a fallen golden boy of the Thatcher era, nor a victim of his own jokes.
  • So golden boy had flipped - this week?
  • Terms such as thought leader, golden boy, or winner refer to people with a power base of reputation.
  • They are golden boys, about 17 or 18, and apparently weightless.
  • If the right editor looks at your article, you're golden.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • High taxes kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
1having a bright yellow colour like gold:  golden hair golden sand2a golden opportunity a good chance to get something valuable or to be very successful:  He wasted a golden opportunity when he missed from the penalty spot.3golden boy/girl someone who is popular and successful:  Hollywood’s golden girl, Julia Roberts4[only before noun] a golden period of time is one of great happiness or successgolden years/days etc the golden years of childhood the golden age of radio5somebody is golden American English spoken informal used to say that someone is in a very good situation and is likely to be successful:  If the right editor looks at your article, you’re golden.6 literary made of gold:  a golden crown
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