gilt

英 [ɡɪlt]

美 [ɡɪlt]

n.  镀金; 金色涂层; 金边证券; 绩优证券; 小母猪

复数：gilts　

Collins.2 / BNC.7978 / COCA.17776

习惯用语

n.

take the gilt off the gingerbread
• 使失去吸引力；令人扫兴；煞风景
  to do or be sth that makes a situation or achievement less attractive or impressive

牛津词典

noun

• 镀金；金色涂层
  a thin layer of gold, or sth like gold that is used on a surface for decoration
  1. gilt lettering
     烫印的金字
• 金边证券； 绩优证券
  gilt-edged investments
• 小母猪
  a young female pig

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 镀金的；烫金的
  Agiltobject is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
  1. ...marble columns and gilt spires.
     大理石柱和镀金塔尖
• 金边证券；绩优证券
  Giltsare gilt-edged stocks or securities.

英英释义

noun

• a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
  Synonym:gilding

adj

• having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  1. long aureate (or golden) hair
  2. a gold carpet
  Synonym:aureategildedgoldgolden

双语例句

• The bed, with the one gilt knob missing, attracted his attention.
  那张掉了一件镀金球形饰物的床引起了他的注意。
• Gilt: The decoration of one or more edges of a book with burnished gold leaf.
  金箔装饰：在书本边缘刷上金箔的情况。
• A former Gilt executive, John Auerbach, is a founding investor.
  Gilt的前执行官约翰·奥尔巴赫（JohnAuerbach）是该品牌的创办投资人之一。
• There are galleries selling antiques and classical paintings, which stand out in spotlit splendor in their gilt frames;
  有出售古玩和古典绘画的画廊，这些画镶在镀金的框架里被聚光灯照耀得很显眼；
• The Bank of England, they say, can keep gilt yields where it wants.
  这些批评者说，英国央行（BoE）能够把英国国债债券收益率保持在希望的任何水平上。
• A safe investment is blue chips or, better still, gilt-edged securities.
  一种可靠的投资是买值钱而热门的股票，或者更可靠的一种买安全的金边证券。
• Heavy gilt iron and cold glass.
  大楼由沉重的镀金铁和冰冷的玻璃构成。
• My friend gave me a gilt jewelry box.
  我朋友给了我一个镀金的首饰盒。
• He inherited characteristic Puritan preoccupations with sin, with gilt and with secrecy.
  他继承了清教特有的关于原罪、罪过和隐秘的观念。
• The Bank of England may expand its quantitative easing programme enough to keep gilt yields from soaring.
  英国央行可能会大幅扩展其量化宽松计划，以避免英国国债收益率飙升。