| 词组 | gold |
| 释义 | gold /ɡəʊld $ ɡoʊld/ noun a very valuable soft yellow metaladjectives/nouns + goldsolid gold The chain was made of solid gold.pure gold Pure gold can be beaten out to form very thin sheets.9/18/24 carat gold (=a measurement used to show how pure gold is) These earrings are 18 carat gold.yellow/white/red gold The necklace has six diamonds set in white gold.burnished gold literary (=polished gold) The wood was polished till it shone like burnished gold.molten gold (=gold that is so hot it is liquid) They pour the molten gold into a mould.gold + nouns a gold chain/ring/watch/coin etc He wore a gold ring on the third finger of his left hand. | He had inherited his grandfather’s gold watch. | A number of gold coins were found buried in a field.gold jewellery BrE gold jewelry AmE She likes wearing chunky gold jewellery.a gold medal (=for first place in a race etc) She dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal.gold leaf (=a very thin sheet of gold) The picture frame was covered with gold leaf.gold bullion (=bars of gold) Gold bullion worth £26 million was taken in the robbery.a gold bar/ingot (=a piece of gold the size of a brick) The bank keeps the gold bars locked in its vault.gold dust (=very small pieces of gold) They traded cloth and china for spices and gold dust.a gold nugget (=a small rough piece of gold) They found the most gigantic gold nugget you’ve ever seen.a gold mine Her father worked in a gold mine.a gold field (=an area where there are a lot of gold mines) He had made a fortune in the gold fields of South Africa.a gold rush (=a time when people hurry to a place where gold has been found, hoping to find gold themselves) People headed west in the days of the California gold rush.verbsprospect for gold (=try to find gold) The company had prospected for gold in China, with some success.pan for gold (=wash soil in order to find small pieces of gold in it) Every day he went down to the river to pan for gold.mine (for) gold 70 percent of gold is now mined in developing countries.find gold also strike gold The French came to America in the hope of finding gold there.be set in gold (=be surrounded by or attached to a piece of gold jewellery) The diamonds and rubies are set in eighteen-carat gold.Using gold when saying that something is very valuableIf you say something is (like) gold dust, you mean it is difficult to get and people will pay a lot of money for it: Tickets for the show are like gold dust.A gold mine is often used about something that makes a lot of money for someone: The shop turned out to be a gold mine for us.Strike gold originally meant “to find gold”. It is now usually used when someone has discovered or created something very valuable: The company that makes the drug thinks it has struck gold. |
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