gilding是什么意思？

gilding

英[ˈgɪldɪŋ] 美[ˈɡɪldɪŋ]

• n. 贴金箔，镀金；
• v. 把…镀金( gild的现在分词 )，给…上金色，作多余的修饰（反而破坏原已完美的东西），画蛇添足；

例句

• The dress is perfect. Don’t add anything to it at all. It would just be gilding the lily. 这条裙子已经很完美了，别再作任何修饰了，那只会画蛇添足。
• Edge decoration: Coloured dyes, marbling transfers or gilding on trimmed book edges. 书边装饰: 裁切后的书边,可用颜色染料 、 云石纹印染或烫金装饰.
• His article praising classical Greek art is just gilding lily. 他的那篇高度评价古典希腊艺术的论文真是锦上添花.
• The dress is perfect. Don't add anything to it at all. It would just be gilding the lily. 这条裙子已经很完美了, 别再作任何修饰了, 那只会画蛇添足.
• Elegant enclosure made by valuable log, together with gilding vertical shaft and beautiful curlicue shows magnificence. 以贵重原木构造出高雅的机壳, 镀金立柱和精美花饰点缀出富丽堂煌的气质.
• The gilding is extremely lavish. 这层镀金极为奢华。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  镀金层；金色涂层
  Gilding is a layer of gold or gold paint that is put on something.
  例句
  The gilding is extremely lavish. 这层镀金极为奢华。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold