a formal association of people with similar interests同义词:club, social club, society, guild, lodge, order
动词 gild:
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold同义词:begild, engild
例句
He bought her a gilt brooch.他给她买了一枚镀金胸针。
Her beauty gilds her vice.她的美貌掩盖了她的邪恶。
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。
The setting sun gilds the sky.落日把天空染成金色。
详细解释
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习惯用语>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) ---------------另--------------gild gild 2 n.(名词)Variant of guildguild的变体