gold

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gold1 /ɡəʊld $ ɡoʊld/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  1  [uncountable]HCMHCE a valuable soft yellow metal that is used to make coins, jewellery etc. It is a chemical element: symbol Au 金〔一种化学元素，符号为Au〕 a gold ring 金戒指pure/solid gold solid gold watches 纯金手表9/18/22/24 carat gold (=a measurement used to show how pure gold is) 9/18/22/24 开金 → strike gold at strike1(14) →4  See picture of 见图 MATERIAL2  [uncountable]DCBPEC coins, jewellery etc made of gold 金币；金首饰；黄金制品 She came to the party dripping with gold (=wearing a lot of gold). 她披金戴银地来参加派对。3  [countable, uncountable]CC the colour of gold 金色，金黄色 The room was decorated in golds and blues. 房间的装修用了金色和蓝色。 Gold looks good on people with dark hair. 深色头发的人很适合金色。4. [countable] informalDS a gold medal 金质奖章，金牌 → have a heart of gold at heart1(2)5. the pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow)  (also the crock of gold British English) great wealth or something very good which someone hopes or tries hard to get, but is not very likely to get （彩虹尽头）装满金子的坛子，梦寐以求但不大可能得到的财富[好东西]

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gold• Like Coe, Abrahams finished with a gold and silver.• The finest gold has been changing hands in London - the world's biggest market - for £190 an ounce.• A weekend's sport in California no longer requires a surfboard: panning for gold is now the sport of choice.• Meredith caught the glint of gold in the thread.• Sales of gold from central banks were needed to fill the gap, Gold Fields said.• The flag's colors are red, gold, and blue.• His hair was red, so that Rostov knew that he was Altun, but there were strands of silver among the gold.• Hanson won the gold in the 100-meter dash.pure/solid gold• That was all part of the job - dig the dirt and then turn it into pure gold.• Links of pure gold may be forged in the flame of adversity.• More and more he pauses to observe a doubloon made of pure gold, fastened into the main mast.• He has-most difficult of all for architects-invented a language unmistakably his own. Solid gold.• At Naïm, House of Hair & Beauty you can treat yourself to solid gold highlights!• And much of that material was pure gold.• The weather was pure gold and wonderful.

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gold2 ●●● S3 W3 adjective  1  HCMmade of gold 金质的gold watch/chain/ring etc 金表/金链/金戒指等2  CChaving the colour of gold 金色的，金黄色的 a gold jacket 金色夹克 → golden

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gold• Mrs or Mme Wyatt wore patent-leather shoes and a smart brownish suit with a gold brooch.• At her girdle hung a gold chain and cross, and she carried a handkerchief and a little prayer book bound in gold.• Did you see these gold chokers?• That means gold lace, two epaulettes with gold bullion on each and blue cushions.• gold nail polish• a gold necklace• Silk tie, £55, silver and gold sun cufflinks, £295, blue and gold fountain pen, £105, Gucci.gold watch/chain/ring etc• One was Jim's gold watch.• There was a turquoise stone set in a pendant and hanging from a fine gold chain at Debbie's throat.• He took his gold watch out of his waistcoat pocket and snapped it open.• She had abandoned the huge earrings for dainty gold studs and wore a fine gold chain round her neck.• She looked cool and rested in a white dress with a chaste gold chain round her throat.• Her small gold watch showed almost noon when she awoke, refreshed and ravenous.• The gold chains were gone now, too.• The attackers stole over £200 in cash and a gold chain which the victim was wearing.From Longman Business Dictionarygoldgold /gəʊldgoʊld/ noun [uncountable]1a valuable soft metal used to make jewellery, coins etc, and formerly used in a system in which the value of the standard unit of a currency is equal to a fixed weight of gold of a particular qualityOn the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold for current delivery settled at $394 an ounce, up $8.60.Last year was also a difficult time for gold investors who began to doubt the metal’s traditional role as a safe investment.South African gold stocks (=shares in gold mining companies) closed weaker. —gold adjectivegold barsa gold watch2hit/strike gold British English informal to make a useful or valuable discovery that will make a lot of moneySYN AmE strike paydirtOrigin gold1 Old English

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gold¹ S2 W2 /ɡəʊld $ ɡoʊld/ noun
1. [uncountable] a valuable soft yellow metal that is used to make coins, jewellery etc. It is a chemical element: symbol Au:
    a gold ring
    pure/solid gold
    solid gold watches
    9/18/22/24 carat gold (=a measurement used to show how pure gold is) ⇨ strike gold at strike¹(14)
2. [uncountable] coins, jewellery etc made of gold:
    She came to the party dripping with gold (=wearing a lot of gold).
3. [uncountable and countable] the colour of gold:
    The room was decorated in golds and blues.
    Gold looks good on people with dark hair.
4. [countable] informal a gold medal ⇨ have a heart of gold at heart(2)
5. the pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow) (also the crock of gold British English) great wealth or something very good which someone hopes or tries hard to get, but is not very likely to get

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gold² S3 W3 adjective
1. made of gold
    gold watch/chain/ring etc
2. having the colour of gold:
    a gold jacket
⇨ golden