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Gilt describes something covered with a thin layer of gold, or gold-colored paint - a gilt picture frame looks golden on the outside but is usually made of cheaper wood or metal underneath. As a noun, 'gilt' is the thin gold covering itself. It's an old word, related to 'gild,' meaning to cover something in gold.
鍍金的；（名詞）鍍金層
組成from the old verb 'gild' (to cover with gold) - gilt is its old past form.
同家族的字
- gildgilt comes from the verb gild, meaning to cover something in gold
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
giltnoun詞源 1/ɡɪlt/
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Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
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Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
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slangMoney.
- three corrupted men […] Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!— Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France
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businessfinanceA security (usually a bond) issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
- higher gilt yields
- However, as asset prices slumped over the week – including UK government bonds, or gilts – those banks required more collateral to offset the pension funds’ liabilities, forcing the funds to dump assets and raise cash at short notice.
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obsoleteA gilded object, an object covered with gold.
- The parysh of Seint Powle in Norwiche. Thomas Blocke, George Wylson, Churchwardens. Have sold in plate, gylte and parcell gylte, to the summe of iiij ownce, every ownce at the price of iiijs. viijd.
giltadj詞源 1/ɡɪlt/
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Golden coloured; gilded.
- The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
giltnoun詞源 2/ɡɪlt/
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regionalA young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。