gild
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they gild | |
| he / she / it gilds | |
| past simple gilded | |
| past participle gilded | |
| -ing form gilding |
- gild something (literary)
to make something look bright, as if covered with gold 使如金子般生光（或生辉、生色） - gild something
to cover something with a thin layer of gold or gold paint 给…镀金；涂金于
Word OriginOld English gyldan, of Germanic origin; related to gold.
Idioms
gild the lily
to cause something to be less good or beautiful than it already is by trying to improve it 画蛇添足；多此一举 Some people add a little brandy to the recipe but I feel this is gilding the lily. 有些人在食谱中加入了一点白兰地，但我觉得这是画蛇添足。