gild
vt. 鍍金,給…貼上金箔; 修飾,虛飾; 使闊氣,使有錢; 使光彩奪目
If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
Carve the names and gild them.
把姓名刻上去,再鍍上金。
...gilded statues.
鍍金雕像
If you say that someone is gilding 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.
Gilding the lily of what is basically a romantic comedy, the director falls a little short of his best mark.
這基本上是一出浪漫喜劇,這位導演卻畫蛇添足,沒有發揮出他的最佳水平。
1. a formal association of people with similar interests;
1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
gild the lily
畫蛇添足:不必要地修飾本來就很美的東西
畫蛇添足:對原本已很完整的東西作多餘的新增
The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.
太陽將這些鍍金的圓屋頂變成了閃耀的光點.
To talk about the beautiful sunset is to gild the lily.
談論日落之美是多此一舉.
Don't gild the lily, gild the sissy.
不要給百合花鍍金, 要給娘娘腔.
Comment on this would be to gild the lily.
對此發表評說無異於畫蛇添足.
Don t gild the lily.
不要畫蛇添足.