| 单词 | gilded |
| 释义 | gilded (once / 809 pages) adj Something gilded looks like gold, whether it is or not. If you've heard the expression "all that glitters is not gold," it's especially true of anything gilded. You might have first heard the word gilded in the name of an historical period in the U.S. known as The Gilded Age; the name suggests that the appearance of wealth concealed actual poverty. Gilded is often used to point out illusion in this way, but if no illusion is intended, it need not be a negative word. I think the gilded doves in your painting are especially lovely. WORD FAMILYgild: gilded, gilder, gilding, gilds+/gilder: gilders/gilding: gildings USAGE EXAMPLESThey appeared on a giant rooster statue, just above some three-toed feet and a blood-red wattle that hangs below a gilded nose and mouth. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) And in still another, a king’s daughter is said to be “as blond as lily pollen and the slightly gilded silver of ancient altar vases.” Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) For reasons I fear are obvious, books from and about America’s original Gilded Age seem newly compelling. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj made from or covered with gold gilded icons Syn gold, golden metal, metallic containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal 2adj having the deep slightly brownish color of gold Syn aureate, gilt, gold, golden chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 3adj rich and superior in quality gilded dining rooms Syn deluxe, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous rich suggestive of or characterized by great expense 4adj based on pretense; deceptively pleasing the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility Syn meretricious, specious insincere lacking sincerity |
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