英语词汇“gild”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gildgild /gɪld/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYgild

Origin: Old English gyldan

VERB TABLE

gild

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gild
	he, she, it	gilds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	gilded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have gilded
	he, she, it	has gilded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had gilded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gild
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have gilded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am gilding
	he, she, it	is gilding
	you, we, they	are gilding
Past	I, he, she, it	was gilding
	you, we, they	were gilding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been gilding
	he, she, it	has been gilding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been gilding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be gilding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been gilding

1to cover something with a thin layer of gold or gold paint: a gilded picture frame2literary to make something look as if it is covered in gold: The autumn sun gilded the lake.3gild the lily to spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already good enough