A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
例句
...marble columns and gilt spires.大理石柱和鍍金塔尖
N-COUNT
金邊證券；績優證券
Gilts are gilt-edged stocks or securities.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
鍍金〔銀〕材料, 金〔銀〕色涂層
The plates have a gilt edge.這些盤子的邊是鍍金的。
除去誘人的外表；讓人掃興；煞風景
He’s offered us his villa by the sea for two weeks.The only problem is that we can only have it in February, which rather takes the gilt off the gingerbread.他把海邊的別墅讓給我們住兩個星期。但是美中不足的是我們只能在二月份去，這就有些掃興了。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Adjective
1. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;