| 释义 |
gold-plate
gold-plate vb (Metallurgy) (tr) to coat (other metal) with gold, usually by electroplating gold′ plate′
n. 1. tableware or containers made of gold. 2. a plating, esp. electroplating, of gold. gold-plate (ˈgoʊldˈpleɪt)
v.t. -plat•ed, -plat•ing. to coat (base metal) with gold, esp. by electroplating. [1860–70] gold-plate
Past participle: gold-plated
Gerund: gold-plating
| Imperative |
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| gold-plate | | gold-plate |
| Present |
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| I gold-plate | | you gold-plate | | he/she/it gold-plates | | we gold-plate | | you gold-plate | | they gold-plate |
| Preterite |
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| I gold-plated | | you gold-plated | | he/she/it gold-plated | | we gold-plated | | you gold-plated | | they gold-plated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am gold-plating | | you are gold-plating | | he/she/it is gold-plating | | we are gold-plating | | you are gold-plating | | they are gold-plating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have gold-plated | | you have gold-plated | | he/she/it has gold-plated | | we have gold-plated | | you have gold-plated | | they have gold-plated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was gold-plating | | you were gold-plating | | he/she/it was gold-plating | | we were gold-plating | | you were gold-plating | | they were gold-plating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had gold-plated | | you had gold-plated | | he/she/it had gold-plated | | we had gold-plated | | you had gold-plated | | they had gold-plated |
| Future |
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| I will gold-plate | | you will gold-plate | | he/she/it will gold-plate | | we will gold-plate | | you will gold-plate | | they will gold-plate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have gold-plated | | you will have gold-plated | | he/she/it will have gold-plated | | we will have gold-plated | | you will have gold-plated | | they will have gold-plated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be gold-plating | | you will be gold-plating | | he/she/it will be gold-plating | | we will be gold-plating | | you will be gold-plating | | they will be gold-plating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been gold-plating | | you have been gold-plating | | he/she/it has been gold-plating | | we have been gold-plating | | you have been gold-plating | | they have been gold-plating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been gold-plating | | you will have been gold-plating | | he/she/it will have been gold-plating | | we will have been gold-plating | | you will have been gold-plating | | they will have been gold-plating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been gold-plating | | you had been gold-plating | | he/she/it had been gold-plating | | we had been gold-plating | | you had been gold-plating | | they had been gold-plating |
| Conditional |
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| I would gold-plate | | you would gold-plate | | he/she/it would gold-plate | | we would gold-plate | | you would gold-plate | | they would gold-plate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have gold-plated | | you would have gold-plated | | he/she/it would have gold-plated | | we would have gold-plated | | you would have gold-plated | | they would have gold-plated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | gold-plate - plate with gold; "goldplate a watch"gold plate, goldplateplate - coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver" |
gold-plate
gold-plate1. Literally, to coat something (usually a base metal) in a thin layer of gold. I just don't understand why you would ever want—let alone need—to gold-plate your bathtub.2. By extension, to incorporate unnecessary, superfluous, and/or overbearing refinements, additions, or embellishments into something. Congress took what should have been a straightforward clean water initiative and gold-plated it into a cumbersome, overreaching, and wildly impractical mess of a bill. Knowing that the city council would be footing the bill, the architect tried to gold-plate the design for the new courthouse.gold-plate
Synonyms for gold-plateverb plate with goldSynonymsRelated Words |