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Gilded Past Participle Gild English 12420.Gilded 英 ɡɪldɪd]美

正面 12420.gilded
英 ['ɡɪldɪd]美 ['ɡɪldɪd]

背面
释义:
adj. 镀金的,装饰的;富有的v. 给…镀金(gild的过去分词)
例句:
1. The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs.他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。

1. defender => fender.

gilded (adj.)1560s, past participle adjective from gild (v.). Late Old English had gegylde; Middle English had gilden (adj.). In modern use the more dignified past participle of gild, alternative to gilt. Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded; the quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily." Gilded Age as an era in U.S. history (roughly 1870-1900) is from the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, published in 1873."

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