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 room beyond was lined with shelves of gilt antique books.
  房间远端立着一排用镶金边的古书做装饰的架子。
• The rest of the money is invested in gilt.
  其余的钱投资于金边证券。
• But there was a sell-off, which sent gilt yields 17 basis points higher, and dragged the pound up with it.
  但实际上，市场上出现了抛售，将英国国债收益率推高了17个基点，并使英镑汇率联袂上扬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In 19th century Britain, gilt yields declined for 80 years.
  而在19世纪的英国，金边债券收益率曾连续下跌了80年。