gild

名词 gild:

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

动词 gild:

1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
   同义词：begild, engild

1. He bought her a gilt brooch.
   他给她买了一枚镀金胸针。
2. Her beauty gilds her vice.
   她的美貌掩盖了她的邪恶。
3. For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
   对一个这样漂亮的女孩来说，化妆有些画蛇添足。
4. The setting sun gilds the sky.
   落日把天空染成金色。

gild

v.tr.（及物动词）
gild.ed 或 gilt [glt] gild.ing,gilds
To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
镀金；贴上金箔：用或好象用一层很薄的黄金覆盖
To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.
虚饰，粉饰：通常是给人一种不可靠的欺骗性吸引力或较好的外表
Archaic To smear with blood.
【古语】 以血弄脏

<习惯用语>gild the lily
To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
画蛇添足：不必要地修饰本来就很美的东西
To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.
画蛇添足：对原本已很完整的东西作多余的添加
来源：
Middle English gilden
中古英语 gilden
from Old English gyldan * see ghel- 2
源自 古英语 gyldan *参见 ghel- 2

【引伸】
gild.er
n.（名词）

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gild
gild 2

n.（名词）
Variant of guild
guild的变体