gilded
英 ['ɡɪldɪd]
美 ['ɡɪldɪd]
- adj.金メッキされた、装飾された；豊かな
- v.金箔を張る（gildの過去分詞）
英語の語源
- gilded (adj.)
- 1560s, past participle adjective from gild (v.). Late Old English had gegylde; Middle English had gilden (adj.). In modern use the more dignified past participle of gild, alternative to gilt. Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded; the quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily." Gilded Age as an era in U.S. history (roughly 1870-1900) is from the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, published in 1873.
例文
- 1. The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs.
- 彼らの最も神聖な教会の屋根には金がメッキされている。
- 2.The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
- 市長様は彼の豪勢な馬車の中に座って後ろについています。
- 3.The golden light gilded the sea.
- 金色の太陽の光が海を金のようにキラキラさせた。
- 4."Friends,they are only gilded disks of lead！"
- <"友人たち、これはメッキされた鉛餅にすぎない！-ヘドレーブルグをぶっ壊す
- 5.Who would not grieve upon a gilded chair？
- 金メッキされた椅子に座りたくない人はいますか。
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