Goldname詞源 1/ɡəʊld/

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  An English surname originating as an occupation for a goldsmith or a rich man.

Goldnoun詞源 2

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  A member of the Goldi or Nanai people.

goldnoun詞源 1/ɡəʊld/

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  A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.

  • You like to hear about gold. A king filled his prison room As full as the room could hold To the top of his reach on the wall With every known shape of the stuff. ’Twas to buy himself off his doom.
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  A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

  • The pirates were searching for gold.
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  A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

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  The bullseye of an archery target.

  • Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.
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  A gold medal.

  • France has won three golds and five silvers.
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  Anything or anyone that is very valuable.

  • That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!
  • Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.
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  slangA grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

goldsymbol詞源 1/ɡəʊld/

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  ☉ (alchemy)

goldadj詞源 1/ɡəʊld/

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  Made of gold.

  • a gold chain
  • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
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  Having the colour of gold.

  • gold sticker
  • gold socks
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  businesscommerceretailPremium, superior.

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  businessentertainmentlifestyleOf a musical recording, having sold 500,000 copies.

  • The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle".
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  academiamediapublishingSubject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.

  • Coordinate term: green
  • Scholars who make their work green open access rather than gold never pay a fee to do so. Even when they choose the gold route, only 33% of peer-reviewed open access journals charge author-side fees.

goldverb詞源 1/ɡəʊld/

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  To appear or cause to appear golden.

  • I caught sight of something that seemed the nexus of all that glittered, all that golded: like a hallucination in the traffic's rotary heart, a saried creature giddily swirling her own razored rainbow roundabout, mirrored fabric sending light spinning like saberlike amidst the smoking, choking cars.
  • You are the sun at Noon, that golds the barley, and pulls the bee to the ling on the moor.

goldadj詞源 2/ɡəʊld/

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  computingengineeringmathematicsIn a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

  • The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.
  • He felt bone-tired and twitchy, the way he did in the final stages of putting a video-game project together, almost ready to go gold and turn a new game loose on the public.

goldadv詞源 2/ɡəʊld/

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  of or referring to a gold version of something