gild

noun

1. a formal association of people with similar interests

e.g. he joined a golf club
they formed a small lunch society
men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Synonym: clubsocial clubsocietyguildlodgeorder

verb

1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

Synonym: begildengild

1. 给…镀金；涂金于…
If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.

e.g. Carve the names and gild them.
把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
e.g. ...gilded statues.
镀金雕像

2. 画蛇添足；多此一举
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.

e.g. 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。

1. 镀金：单色的 monochrome | 镀金 gild | 多色的 polychrome

2. 烫金 描金 同业公会：gilbertite 丝光白云母 | gild 烫金 描金 同业公会 | gildedcorbelbracket 镏金斗拱

3. 镀金;虚饰：giggle: 咯咯笑 | gild: 镀金;虚饰 | gimmick: 吸引人的花招,噱头

4. 行会;同业公会：gift coupon (商品中附有的)礼品券 | gild 行会;同业公会 | *global 全球的