gild
- IPA[ɡild]
美式
- cover thinly with gold；give a specious or false brilliance to
verb: gild, 3rd person present: gilds, gerund or present participle: gilding, past tense: gilded, past participle: gilded
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- 1. cover thinly with gold in 1436 he gilded and painted statues for Bruges Town Hall the first rays of the sun were gilding the grassy hillside 同義詞
- ▪ give a specious or false brilliance to they gild the facts until the truth all but vanishes
- covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint: an elegant gilded birdcage a painted and gilded wooden ceiling
Oxford Dictionary
- the process of applying gold leaf or gold paint.
Oxford Dictionary
- the process of applying gold leaf or gold paint.
Oxford American Dictionary
- covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint: an elegant gilded birdcage a painted and gilded wooden ceiling
Oxford American Dictionary
- try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent
Oxford American Dictionary
- try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent
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