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单词 gild
释义 gild
I. \ˈgild\ transitive verb
(gilded \-də̇d\ ; or gilt \-lt\ ; gilded or gilt ; gilding ; gilds)
Etymology: Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan; akin to Old High German ubargulden to gild all over, Old Norse gylla to gild; causative-denominatives from the root of English gold
1.
 a. : to overlay with a thin covering of gold
  < gild a frame >
 b. : to tinge with a golden or yellowish light
  < the night was gilded by the streetlights — Marguerite Steen >
  < a gleam of sun gilded the Abbey Towers — L.P.Smith >
2.
 a. : to supply with money : give the attraction or prestige of wealth to
  < money gilds the fool >
 b.
  (1) : to give an attractive but deceptive outward appearance to : embellish
   < gild a lie >
   < gilding the future with the same old rose color — Virginia D. Dawson & Betty D. Wilson >
  (2) : to make attractive : adorn, brighten
   < gilding hardship with a saving grace — Bergen Evans >
   < glitter … and embroidery gild femininity — Fashion Digest >
 c. archaic : to make bloody : smear with blood
 d. obsolete : to make flushed (as with drinking) — often used with over

- gild the lily
II.
variant of guild
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