英语词源
- gilded (adj.)
- 1560s, past participle adjective from gild (v.). Late Old English had gegylde; Middle English had gilden (adj.). In modern use the more dignified past participle of gild, alternative to gilt. Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded; the quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily." Gilded Age as an era in U.S. history (roughly 1870-1900) is from the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, published in 1873.
权威例句
- 1. The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs.
- 他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。
- 2. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
- 市长大人坐在他阔气的马车里在后面跟着。
- 3. The golden light gilded the sea.
- 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
- 4. " Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead! "
- " 朋友们, 这只不过是些镀金的铅饼!
- 5. Who would not grieve upon a gilded chair?
- 谁不愿意坐在镀金的椅子上伤心 呢 ?
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