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gilding 音标拼音: [g'ɪldɪŋ] n. 贴金箔;镀金 贴金箔;镀金 gilding n 1: a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [ synonym: { gilt}, { gilding}] Gilding \ Gild" ing\ ( g[ i^] ld"[ i^] ng), n. 1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. [ 1913 Webster] { Gilding metal}, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made. [ 1913 Webster]
Gild \ Gild\ ( g[ i^] ld), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Gilded} or { Gilt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. { Gilding}.] [ AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [ root] 234. See { Gold}.] 1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. " Gilded chariots." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. [ 1913 Webster] Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. -- Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To make red with drinking. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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