名詞 gild:

1. a formal association of people with similar interests
   同義詞：club, social club, society, guild, lodge, order

動(dòng)詞 gild:

1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
   同義詞：begild, engild

1. He bought her a gilt brooch.
   他給她買了一枚鍍金胸針。
2. Her beauty gilds her vice.
   她的美貌掩蓋了她的邪惡。
3. For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
   對(duì)一個(gè)這樣漂亮的女孩來(lái)說(shuō)，化妝有些畫蛇添足。
4. The setting sun gilds the sky.
   落日把天空染成金色。

gild

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
gild.ed 或 gilt [glt] gild.ing,gilds
To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
鍍金；貼上金箔：用或好象用一層很薄的黃金覆蓋
To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.
虛飾，粉飾：通常是給人一種不可靠的欺騙性吸引力或較好的外表
Archaic To smear with blood.
【古語(yǔ)】 以血弄臟

<習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)>gild the lily
To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
畫蛇添足：不必要地修飾本來(lái)就很美的東西
To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.
畫蛇添足：對(duì)原本已很完整的東西作多余的添加
來(lái)源：
Middle English gilden
中古英語(yǔ) gilden
from Old English gyldan * see ghel- 2
源自 古英語(yǔ) gyldan *參見 ghel- 2

【引伸】
gild.er
n.（名詞）

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gild
gild 2

n.（名詞）
Variant of guild
guild的變體