• n. 鍍金；小母豬；眩目的外表
• adj. 鍍金的
• v. 鍍金（gild的過去式和過去分詞）

來自gild的過去分詞，詞源同gold.

gilt

gilt: see gold

gilt (adj.)

"gilded," c. 1400, past participle of Middle English gilden "to gild," from Old English gyldan (see gild (v.)). Also used as a noun with a sense of "gilding" (early 15c.).

1. The plates have a gilt edge.

這些盤子的邊是鍍金的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He's offered us his villa by the sea for two weeks. The only problem is that we can only have it in February, which rather takes the gilt off the gingerbread.

他把海邊的別墅讓給我們住兩個星期. 但是美中不足的是我們只能在二月份去, 這就有些掃興了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A Bocchicchio hostage was gilt - edged insurance.

因此,一個卜啟丘人質(zhì)就等于最把穩(wěn)的保證.

來自教父部分

4. The high taxes that I paid took the gilt off the gingerbread.

我繳付的高額稅款除去了我大部分的收入.

來自辭典例句

5. I'm afraid the gilt of the ring will wear off before long.

恐怕戒指的鍍金層不久就會磨掉.

來自辭典例句