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单词 gilded youth
释义

gild1 /gild/

transitive verb (gildˈing; gildˈed or gilt)
  1. To cover or overlay with gold or with any gold-like substance
  2. To gloss over, give a specious appearance to
  3. To adorn with lustre
  4. To smear with blood (obsolete)
  5. To flush, redden, suffuse with colour (obsolete)
  6. To supply with gold or money (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE gyldan, from gold; see gold1

gildˈer noun

A person who coats articles with gold

gildˈing noun

  1. The task or trade of a gilder
  2. Gold or imitation gold laid on a surface

Gilded Chamber noun

The House of Lords

gilded spurs plural noun

An emblem of knighthood

gilded youth noun

Rich young people of fashion

gild the lily see under lily

gild the pill

To make a disagreeable thing seem less so

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