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

• This bone china tea set is decorated with bands of cornucopias with corn in them in gilt with some red enamel.
  这套骨瓷茶具，杯边有象征富饶的羊角装饰，有镀金的谷物点缀，还刷了一层红瓷漆。
• 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。
• My friend gave me a gilt jewelry box.
  我朋友给了我一个镀金的首饰盒。
• In times of stress, buying Treasuries, German bunds and UK gilts is the safety-first option.
  在面临经济压力时，购入美国国债、德国国债（bund）和英国金边债券（gilt）是“安全至上”的选择。
• The rest of the money is invested in gilt.
  其余的钱投资于金边证券。
• 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；
• A small amount invested in gilt-edged stock.
  金边证券，金边债券对金边债券投资了一小笔资金。
• 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。
• He bought her a gilt brooch.
  他给她买了一枚镀金胸针。
• Its gilt purchases may have lowered long-term capital market rates, but not made businesses or households more eager to spend.
  英国央行购买英国国债的举动或许降低了长期资本市场利率，但并没有使企业和家庭更加迫切地去消费。