gilt
gilt 英 [gɪlt] 美 [ɡɪlt]
n. 镀金；小母猪；眩目的外表 adj. 镀金的 v. 镀金（gild的过去式和过去分词）
名词复数:gilts
- All those gold framed pictures you see hanging in museums? They're covered in gilt — a very thin layer of gold leaf, like paper, applied to the surface.
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- n. 镀金；小母猪；眩目的外表
- adj. 镀金的
- v. 镀金（gild的过去式和过去分词）
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1. London's most prominent publishers made very good money with this system, some driving around the city in gilt carriages.
伦敦最成功的出版者们通过这一方式获利颇丰，他们坐着镀金的马车在城市中穿梭。
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2. There is plenty to see inside – including gilt palanquins and bejewelled daggers – but it is the view of the city spread out below that is sublime.
城堡本身足够令人震撼，里面有很多东西可看，包括一架镀金的轿子和镶嵌有宝石的短剑。 但还是古堡脚下铺陈开来的城市景像更为壮观。
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3. She submitted cheerfully to the purple satin and yellow tuftings of the Welland drawing-room, to its sham Buhl tables and gilt vitrines full of modern Saxe.
她高高兴兴地容忍韦兰家客厅里的紫缎子与黄栽绒，以及里面的赝品镶木桌与时新的萨克森蓝镀金玻璃框。
- gilt (adj.) "gilded," c. 1400, past participle of Middle English gilden "to gild," from Old English gyldan (see gild (v.)). Also used as a noun with a sense of "gilding" (early 15c.).
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