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gilded

/gil-did/US // ˈgɪl dɪd //

锦上添花,镀金的,镶金的,镀金

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
    • : having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.

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Examples

  • Tucked inside the chest was a large, gilded Jewish Bible that looked like it had been carefully placed there.

  • The few pictures that place impressionistic horsemen upon the gilded steppes are less convincing, perhaps because Bussiere is more interested in conjuring eternity than action.

  • Whether or not Guyton takes home a gilded gramophone, she’s still on her way to having a new year of firsts.

  • The West Hall is adorned with chthonic rugs and gilded pedestals.

  • The evident difficulty of getting billionaire wealth to trickle down to everyone else is a challenge for policymakers in our new gilded era.

  • Mary Soames is an exception to the rule that gilded offspring endure life rather than enjoy it.

  • You may be wondering what work of monumental consequence is contained within these gilded pages.

  • Feast your eyes on the ‘top-grain leather,’ ‘original’ design, gilded pages.

  • At Oscar after-parties, movie stars clutch In-N-Out burgers in one hand and gilded trophies in the other.

  • Even in 1999, this gilded cage of a cushy but unstimulating white-collar career was only available to certain people.

  • The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.

  • Captain Lovelock got up as well; Bernard heard him knock over his little gilded chair.

  • St. Ildefonso's gilded pinnacles next presented themselves on the declivity of a beautiful hill.

  • From the ceiling, which was divided into compartments painted in dark red and blue, hung a heavy lamp by a chain of gilded silver.

  • A gilded coach, drawn by the most beautiful horses in the richest trappings, sweeps along the streets—a gorgeous vision.