gild读音

1. （把...）镀金，给...镀金，给...涂上金色，给...贴上金箔，染上一层黄金，使如金子般生光，使有金子般的色彩
2. 修饰，粉饰，装饰，虚饰
3. 使光彩夺目，使...熠熠生辉
4. 使阔气，使有钱
5. 作多余的修饰（反而破坏原已完美的东西），画蛇添足

1. 协会，行会，同业公会（=guild）
2. 基尔特，希尔德（音译名）
3. 【植】依赖植物集团

1. a formal association of people with similar interests;

   "he joined a golf club"
   "they formed a small lunch society"
   "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
   

1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

1.给…镀金；涂金于…
If yougild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.

e.g. Carve the names andgild them.
把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
e.g. ...gilded statues.
镀金雕像

2.画蛇添足；多此一举
If you say that someone isgilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.

e.g. Gilding the lily of what is basically a romantic comedy, the director falls a little short of his best mark.
这基本上是一出浪漫喜剧，这位导演却画蛇添足，没有发挥出他的最佳水平。

• gild the lily画蛇添足
• gild system行会制度
• gild socialismguild socialism
• gild fund行会基金
• gild the pill把苦事弄得容易被接受...
• gild refined gold做无需做的事...

• Its magnificent owner..had gilt and furnished the apartments with a profusion of luxury.

  出自：R. Cumberland