the gilded youth(= rich, upper-class young people) of the Edwardian era
爱德华时代富贵的年轻人
1.镀金的,涂金色的
2.修饰的,虚饰的
3.有钱的,阔气的
1.“gild”的过去式和过去分词
1.covered with a very thin layer of gold
2.shining like gold
1.The past tense and past participle of gild
1.Jekyll Island, one of Georgia's Golden Isles, was one of the most exclusive resorts for America's richest families during the Gilded Age.
格鲁吉亚的黄金岛之一杰基尔岛是镀金时代美国最富裕家庭最独特的度假胜地之一。
2.In miserable contrast, the below-average Gilded Age American had to make do with a pair of shoes and a melting block of ice.
与此形成鲜明对比的是,生活在镀金时代的下层美国人一年四季只能穿一双鞋,只能用一块即将融化的冰块来保存食物。
3.Carrie thanked him and walked briskly out, while the young man gazed after her through one of the side windows of his gilded coop.
嘉莉向他道谢以后,就轻快她走了出来。那个年轻人还从装饰华丽的售票处边窗注视着她的背影。
4.Joseph went about testing each of the gilded chairs to see whether it had moved since he had last placed it.
约瑟夫设法去检验每一把镶金边的椅子,看看从他上次安放好以后是否有人移动过。
5.The sun gilded, empurpled, set fire to and lighted up the tulips, which are nothing but all the varieties of flame made into flowers.
阳光在郁金香上飞金贴紫,使它们发出火光,这简直就是一朵五光十色的火焰。
6.Wherefore cloth she look at me with her golden eyes under her gilded eyelids?
她为何这样靠近,用她那金色眼睑下的金色眼睛看着我?
7.The Gilded Age was one of extreme profligacy, both in business investment and sumptuous expenditure.
不管是商业投资、还是豪华消费,镀金时代(GildedAge)都算得上极度挥霍的时期之一。
8."What about this village here, between the Teats? " Jaime tapped the map with a gilded knuckle.
“双乳峰中间这个村子怎么办?”詹姆用他的金手指敲了敲地图。
9.It was a clear spring evening. The grass and the bursting hedges were gilded by the level rays of the sun.
这是一个晴朗的春天的傍晚,夕阳的光辉洒在草地和茂盛的丛林上,荡漾着片片金辉。
10.He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
他浑身上下镶满了薄薄的黄金叶片,明亮的蓝宝石做成他的双眼,剑柄上还嵌着一颗硕大的灿灿发光的红色宝石。