Originally the sling and tree-stump support were gilded with gold as seen in these reconstructions.

最初的吊索和树桩支撑是镀金的，正如在这些型中看到的那样。

Midas picked up a bunch of grapes from his newly gilded fruit bowl.

迈达斯从他新镀金的果盘里拿起一串葡萄。

If this be thy wish and if this be thy play, then take this fleeting emptiness of mine, paint it with colours, gild it with gold, float it on the wanton wind and spread it in varied wonders.

假如这是你的愿望，假如这是你的游戏，就请把我这流逝的空虚染颜色，镀金辉，让它在狂风中飘浮，舒卷成种种的奇观。

Her godmother scooped out all the inside of the big vegetable, leaving nothing but the rind; which done, she struck it with her wand, and the pumpkin was instantly turned into a fine coach, gilded all over with gold.

教母挖掉了大南瓜的内部，剩下一个外壳，完成之后，她用魔杖敲了下南瓜壳，那一刹那，南瓜变成了精美的马车，外边还镀着一层金。

It's...this idea that there is a beauty in ageing, it's to be celebrated rather than trying to disguise it, or trying to cover up the scars instead you gild them with kintsugi.

这个观点是说美人迟暮是要庆祝而不是试掩饰，或尽量掩饰伤痕而不是用金缮修复。

The jail was a sharp departure from his formerly gilded life, which had included a private island in the Caribbean, a $56 million Manhattan mansion and a network of rich and powerful friends.

加勒比海的私人岛屿，曼哈顿价值5600万美元的豪宅，一群非富即贵的朋友，从前的爱普斯坦的生活堪称奢华至极，相比之下，狱中的生活则有着天差别。

If they had not been moving, and the moonlight had not been gilding the tops of their heads, they would have been indistinguishable from the dark ground on which they stood.

如果他们没有走动，如果月光没有照亮他们的头顶，那么在漆黑的他们是不容易被发现的。

If they had not been moving, and the moonlight had not been gilding the tops of their heads, they would have been indistinguishable from the dark ground on which they walked.

如果他们没有走动，如果月光没有照亮他们的头顶，那么在漆黑的他们是不容易被发现的。

He lay in a very unhappy mood and kept growing sadder and sadder, until the earliest sunbeam shone through the window and gilded the ceiling over his head.

他躺在床，心情很不愉快，而且越来越难过，直到最早的一缕阳光透过窗户照进来，把他头的天花板照得金光闪闪。

There is an after-party here at the opera which features guests who look just as gilded as anything we've just seen on the stage.

在歌剧院的余兴派对，嘉宾们仿照我们在舞台看到的那些人物，盛装出席。

" Of course, " said a famous lecturer – he of the French Revolution, who gilded each new decay with splendour –

“当然，”一个著名的演说家——他是讲法国大革命的，辉煌壮丽给每一新的腐朽情况涂金。

As we passed the City the last rays of the sun were gilding the cross upon the summit of St. Paul's.

当我们出了市区的时候，落日余辉已将圣保罗教堂房顶的十字架照得金光闪闪。

And that brings us to the idiom gild the lily.

这就引出了“gild the lily（画蛇添足）”这个习语。

No sun shall ever usher forth mine honors, Or gild again the noble troops that waited Upon my smiles.

太阳永远也迎接不到我的荣誉了，再也不会给那一大群等待我向他们微笑的贵族们镀一层金了。

Glad to hear it. Maybe we should gild this script – to gild something is to cover it in a thin layer of gold.

很高兴听你这么说。也许我们应该给这个剧本镀金——就是给某物涂一层薄薄的金。

The sun was already sinking behind the Forbidden Forest, gilding the top branches of the trees.

太阳已经落到禁林后面去了，余辉正照在树梢。

If I " gild the lily, " I add some unnecessary decoration to something already beautiful.

gild the lily的意思是在本已美丽的东西增添了一些不必要的装饰。

Before we talk about today's idiom, let's talk about words that you will need to know – gilt and gild.

在我们谈论今天的习语之前，让我们先来谈谈你需要知道的单词——gilt（镀金；镀金的）和gild（给… … 镀金）。

Maybe we should gild this script-to gild something is to cover it in a thin layer of gold.

也许我们应该给这个文稿镀金——镀金的意思是用一层薄薄的黄金把它盖住。

So, when you gild something you could be trying to cover up something ugly.

因此，当你给某物镀金时，你可能是在试掩盖一些丑陋的东西。