| 单词 | gilt |
| 释义 | gilt (once / 780 pages) adjn All those gold framed pictures you see hanging in museums? They're covered in gilt — a very thin layer of gold leaf, like paper, applied to the surface. A common term associated with gilt is gilt-edged, implying something known to be reliably wealthy. Anything can be gilt-edged: a person, a town, or a reputation. The term comes from a form of government-issued bond, known as a gilt, which was originally gilded around the edges. Don't confuse gilt with guilt, which sounds the same but means a sense of knowing you've done something wrong. (Though, if you've stolen a gilt, does that make you gilty?) WORD FAMILYgilt: gilts USAGE EXAMPLESThe gilt decorations Gouthière provided for sundry status objects enhanced their beauty and also their light-reflecting capacity, always important before electricity. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The ballroom’s gilt is composition leaf, a copper alloy with only trace amounts of gold, a variation of which gilders call brass leaf. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) After so many square miles of golf courses, trophy wives, gilt mirrors and crystal chandeliers, was there nothing left to mess with? Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj having the deep slightly brownish color of gold Syn aureate, gilded, gold, golden chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 2n a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold Syn|Hyper gilding coat, coating a thin layer covering something |
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