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gilt
鍍金,表面的裝飾,小母豬(a.)鍍金的(v.)(vbl.)gild的過去式和過去分詞
gilt /ˈgɪlt/ 名詞
鍍金的,金色的,鍍金材料
Gilt, n.
1. Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
2. Money. [Obs.] “The gilt of France.”
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Gilt n. Zool. A female pig, when young.
Gilt, p. p. & a. Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. “Gilt hair”
Gild v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. “Gilded chariots.”
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.
2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull.
3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.
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gild
n : a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn: club, society, guild, lodge, order]
v : decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold [syn:
begild, engild]
[also: gilt]
gilt
adj : having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate,
gilded, gold, golden]
n : a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn:
gilding]