gold 音标拼音: [g'old]
n .
U 黄金,金币;宝贵的东西
a . 金的,金制的
U 黄金,金币;宝贵的东西金的,金制的
gold adj 1 :
made from or covered with gold ; "
gold coins "; "
the gold dome of the Capitol "; "
the golden calf "; "
gilded icons "
[
synonym : {
gold }, {
golden }, {
gilded }]
2 :
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold ; "
long aureate (
or golden )
hair "; "
a gold carpet " [
synonym : {
aureate },
{
gilded }, {
gilt }, {
gold }, {
golden }]
n 1 :
coins made of gold 2 :
a deep yellow color ; "
an amber light illuminated the room ";
"
he admired the gold of her hair " [
synonym : {
amber }, {
gold }]
3 :
a soft yellow malleable ductile (
trivalent and univalent )
metallic element ;
occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits ;
does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [
synonym : {
gold }, {
Au },
{
atomic number 79 }]
4 :
great wealth ; "
Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold ,
and almost every vice --
almighty gold "--
Ben Jonson 5 :
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc .; "
the child was as good as gold "; "
she has a heart of gold "
Gold \
Gold \ (
g [=
o ]
ld ),
Golde \
Golde \,
Goolde \
Goolde \
(
g [=
oo ]
ld ),
n . (
Bot .)
An old English name of some yellow flower , --
the marigold ({
Calendula }),
according to Dr .
Prior ,
but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole .
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Gold \
Gold \ (
g [=
o ]
ld ),
n . [
AS .
gold ;
akin to D .
goud ,
OS . &
G .
gold ,
Icel .
gull ,
Sw . &
Dan .
guld ,
Goth .
gul [
thorn ],
Russ . &
OSlav .
zlato ;
prob .
akin to E .
yellow . [
root ]
49 ,
234 .
See {
Yellow },
and cf . {
Gild },
v .
t .]
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1 . (
Chem .)
A metallic element of atomic number 79 ,
constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange .
It has a characteristic yellow color ,
is one of the heaviest substances known (
specific gravity 19 .
32 ),
is soft ,
and very malleable and ductile .
It is quite unalterable by heat (
melting point 1064 .
4 [
deg ]
C ),
moisture ,
and most corrosive agents ,
and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry .
Symbol Au ({
Aurum }).
Atomic weight 196 .
97 .
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Note :
Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver ,
but often much more .
As the amount of silver increases ,
the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower .
Gold is very widely disseminated ,
as in the sands of many rivers ,
but in very small quantity .
It usually occurs in quartz veins (
gold quartz ),
in slate and metamorphic rocks ,
or in sand and alluvial soil ,
resulting from the disintegration of such rocks .
It also occurs associated with other metallic substances ,
as in auriferous pyrites ,
and is combined with tellurium in the minerals petzite ,
calaverite ,
sylvanite ,
etc .
Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use ,
and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper ,
the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge . [
See {
Carat }.]
Gold also finds use in gold foil ,
in the pigment purple of Cassius ,
and in the chloride ,
which is used as a toning agent in photography .
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2 .
Money ;
riches ;
wealth .
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For me ,
the gold of France did not seduce . --
Shak .
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3 .
A yellow color ,
like that of the metal ;
as ,
a flower tipped with gold .
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4 .
Figuratively ,
something precious or pure ;
as ,
hearts of gold . --
Shak .
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{
Age of gold }.
See {
Golden age },
under {
Golden }.
{
Dutch gold }, {
Fool '
s gold }, {
Gold dust },
etc .
See under {
Dutch }, {
Dust },
etc .
{
Gold amalgam },
a mineral ,
found in Columbia and California ,
composed of gold and mercury .
{
Gold beater },
one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf .
{
Gold beater '
s skin },
the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox ,
used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold -
beating .
{
Gold beetle } (
Zool .),
any small gold -
colored beetle of the family {
Chrysomelid [
ae ]}; --
called also {
golden beetle }.
{
Gold blocking },
printing with gold leaf ,
as upon a book cover ,
by means of an engraved block . --
Knight .
{
Gold cloth }.
See {
Cloth of gold },
under {
Cloth }.
{
Gold Coast },
a part of the coast of Guinea ,
in West Africa .
{
Gold cradle }. (
Mining )
See {
Cradle },
n .,
7 .
{
Gold diggings },
the places ,
or region ,
where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing .
{
Gold end },
a fragment of broken gold or jewelry .
{
Gold -
end man }.
(
a )
A buyer of old gold or jewelry .
(
b )
A goldsmith '
s apprentice .
(
c )
An itinerant jeweler . "
I know him not :
he looks like a gold -
end man ." --
B .
Jonson .
{
Gold fever },
a popular mania for gold hunting .
{
Gold field },
a region in which are deposits of gold .
{
Gold finder }.
(
a )
One who finds gold .
(
b )
One who empties privies . [
Obs . &
Low ] --
Swift .
{
Gold flower },
a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales ,
the {
Helichrysum St [
oe ]
chas }
of Southern Europe .
There are many South African species of the same genus .
{
Gold foil },
thin sheets of gold ,
as used by dentists and others .
See {
Gold leaf }.
{
Gold knobs }
or {
Gold knoppes } (
Bot .),
buttercups .
{
Gold lace },
a kind of lace ,
made of gold thread .
{
Gold latten },
a thin plate of gold or gilded metal .
{
Gold leaf },
gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness ,
and used for gilding ,
etc .
It is much thinner than gold foil .
{
Gold lode } (
Mining ),
a gold vein .
{
Gold mine },
a place where gold is obtained by mining operations ,
as distinguished from diggings ,
where it is extracted by washing .
Cf . {
Gold diggings } (
above ).
{
Gold nugget },
a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging ; --
called also a {
pepito }.
{
Gold paint }.
See {
Gold shell }.
{
Gold pheasant },
or {
Golden pheasant }. (
Zool .)
See under {
Pheasant }.
{
Gold plate },
a general name for vessels ,
dishes ,
cups ,
spoons ,
etc .,
made of gold .
{
Mosaic gold }.
See under {
Mosaic }.
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Watch \
Watch \ (
w [
o ^]
ch ),
n . [
OE .
wacche ,
AS .
w [
ae ]
cce ,
fr .
wacian to wake ;
akin to D .
wacht ,
waak ,
G .
wacht ,
wache .
[
root ]
134 .
See {
Wake },
v .
i . ]
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1 .
The act of watching ;
forbearance of sleep ;
vigil ;
wakeful ,
vigilant ,
or constantly observant attention ;
close observation ;
guard ;
preservative or preventive vigilance ;
formerly ,
a watching or guarding by night .
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Shepherds keeping watch by night . --
Milton .
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All the long night their mournful watch they keep .
--
Addison .
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Note :
Watch was formerly distinguished from ward ,
the former signifying a watching or guarding by night ,
and the latter a watching ,
guarding ,
or protecting by day Hence ,
they were not unfrequently used together ,
especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward ,
to denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or protection ,
or both watching and guarding .
This distinction is now rarely recognized ,
watch being used to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by day ,
and ward ,
which is now rarely used ,
having simply the meaning of guard ,
or protection ,
without reference to time .
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Still ,
when she slept ,
he kept both watch and ward . --
Spenser .
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Ward ,
guard ,
or custodia ,
is chiefly applied to the daytime ,
in order to apprehend rioters ,
and robbers on the highway . . .
Watch ,
is properly applicable to the night only , . . .
and it begins when ward ends ,
and ends when that begins .
--
Blackstone .
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2 .
One who watches ,
or those who watch ;
a watchman ,
or a body of watchmen ;
a sentry ;
a guard .
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Pilate said unto them ,
Ye have a watch ;
go your way ,
make it as sure as ye can . --
Matt .
xxvii .
65 .
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3 .
The post or office of a watchman ;
also ,
the place where a watchman is posted ,
or where a guard is kept .
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He upbraids Iago ,
that he made him Brave me upon the watch . --
Shak .
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4 .
The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel ,
or guard ;
the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief ;
hence ,
a division of the night .
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I did stand my watch upon the hill . --
Shak .
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Might we but hear . . .
Or whistle from the lodge ,
or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames .
--
Milton .
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5 .
A small timepiece ,
or chronometer ,
to be carried about the person ,
the machinery of which is moved by a spring .
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Note :
Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used ,
as an {
anchor watch },
a {
lever watch },
a {
chronometer watch },
etc . (
see the Note under {
Escapement },
n .,
3 );
also ,
by the kind of case ,
as a {
gold }
or {
silver watch },
an {
open -
faced watch },
a {
hunting watch },
or {
hunter },
etc .
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6 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
An allotted portion of time ,
usually four hour for standing watch ,
or being on deck ready for duty .
Cf .
{
Dogwatch }.
(
b )
That part ,
usually one half ,
of the officers and crew ,
who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time ,
usually four hours .
The watches are designated as the {
port watch },
and the {
starboard watch }.
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{
Anchor watch } (
Naut .),
a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor .
{
To be on the watch },
to be looking steadily for some event .
{
Watch and ward } (
Law ),
the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns ,
cities ,
and other districts ,
for the preservation of the public peace . --
Wharton . --
Burrill .
{
Watch and watch } (
Naut .),
the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship '
s crew is commonly divided .
{
Watch barrel },
the brass box in a watch ,
containing the mainspring .
{
Watch bell } (
Naut .),
a bell struck when the half -
hour glass is run out ,
or at the end of each half hour . --
Craig .
{
Watch bill } (
Naut .),
a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches ,
with their stations .
--
Totten .
{
Watch case },
the case ,
or outside covering ,
of a watch ;
also ,
a case for holding a watch ,
or in which it is kept .
{
Watch chain }.
Same as {
watch guard },
below .
{
Watch clock },
a watchman '
s clock ;
see under {
Watchman }.
{
Watch fire },
a fire lighted at night ,
as a signal ,
or for the use of a watch or guard .
{
Watch glass }.
(
a )
A concavo -
convex glass for covering the face ,
or dial ,
of a watch ; --
also called {
watch crystal }.
(
b ) (
Naut .)
A half -
hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck .
{
Watch guard },
a chain or cord by which a watch is attached to the person .
{
Watch gun } (
Naut .),
a gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p .
m .,
when the night watch begins .
{
Watch light },
a low -
burning lamp used by watchers at night ;
formerly ,
a candle having a rush wick .
{
Watch night },
The last night of the year ; --
so called by the Methodists ,
Moravians ,
and others ,
who observe it by holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight .
{
Watch paper },
an old -
fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case ,
made of paper cut in some fanciful design ,
as a vase with flowers ,
etc .
{
Watch tackle } (
Naut .),
a small ,
handy purchase ,
consisting of a tailed double block ,
and a single block with a hook .
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Aluminium \
Al `
u *
min "
i *
um \ ([
a ^]
l `[-
u ]*
m [
i ^]
n "[
i ^]*[
u ^]
m ),
n . [
L .
alumen .
See {
Alum }.] (
Chem .)
same as {
aluminum },
chiefly British in usage .
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{
Aluminium bronze }
or {
gold },
a pale gold -
colored alloy of aluminium and copper ,
used for journal bearings ,
etc .
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214 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gold ":
affluence ,
aluminum ,
americium ,
and pence ,
assets ,
aureate ,
aureateness ,
auric ,
bar ,
barium ,
beige ,
beryllium ,
bismuth ,
bottomless purse ,
brass ,
brassy ,
brazen ,
bronze ,
bronzy ,
buff ,
buff -
yellow ,
bulging purse ,
bullion ,
cadmium ,
calcium ,
canary ,
canary -
yellow ,
cash ,
cerium ,
cesium ,
chrome ,
chromium ,
circulating medium ,
citron ,
citron -
yellow ,
cobalt ,
coin gold ,
coin silver ,
coinage ,
coined liberty ,
cold cash ,
copper ,
coppery ,
cream ,
creamy ,
cupreous ,
cuprous ,
currency ,
dollars ,
dysprosium ,
easy circumstances ,
ecru ,
embarras de richesses ,
emergency money ,
erbium ,
europium ,
fallow ,
fallowness ,
ferrous ,
ferruginous ,
filthy lucre ,
flaxen ,
fortune ,
fractional currency ,
gadolinium ,
gallium ,
germanium ,
gilded ,
gilt ,
gold nugget ,
gold -
colored ,
gold -
filled ,
gold -
plated ,
golden ,
handsome fortune ,
hard cash ,
hard currency ,
high income ,
high tax bracket ,
holmium ,
independence ,
indium ,
ingot ,
iridium ,
iron ,
ironlike ,
lanthanum ,
lead ,
leaden ,
legal tender ,
lemon ,
lemon -
yellow ,
lithium ,
lucre ,
luteolous ,
lutescent ,
lutetium ,
luxuriousness ,
magnesia ,
magnesium ,
mammon ,
managed currency ,
manganese ,
material wealth ,
medium of exchange ,
mercurial ,
mercurous ,
mercury ,
mintage ,
molybdenum ,
money ,
money to burn ,
moneybags ,
necessity money ,
neodymium ,
nickel ,
nickelic ,
nickeline ,
niobium ,
nugget ,
ocherish ,
ocherous ,
ochery ,
ochreous ,
ochroid ,
ochrous ,
ochry ,
opulence ,
opulency ,
or ,
osmium ,
palladium ,
pelf ,
pewter ,
pewtery ,
phosphorus ,
platinum ,
polonium ,
possessions ,
postage currency ,
postal currency ,
potassium ,
pounds ,
praseodymium ,
precious metals ,
primrose ,
primrose -
colored ,
primrose -
yellow ,
promethium ,
property ,
prosperity ,
prosperousness ,
protactinium ,
quicksilver ,
radium ,
rhenium ,
riches ,
richness ,
rubidium ,
ruthenium ,
saffron ,
saffron -
colored ,
saffron -
yellow ,
sallow ,
samarium ,
sand -
colored ,
sandy ,
scandium ,
scrip ,
shillings ,
silver ,
silver -
plated ,
silvery ,
six -
figure income ,
sodium ,
soft currency ,
specie ,
steel ,
steely ,
sterling ,
straw ,
straw -
colored ,
strontium ,
substance ,
tantalum ,
technetium ,
terbium ,
thallium ,
the almighty dollar ,
the wherewith ,
the wherewithal ,
thulium ,
tin ,
tinny ,
titanium ,
treasure ,
tungsten ,
upper bracket ,
uranium ,
vanadium ,
wealth ,
wealthiness ,
wolfram ,
xanthic ,
xanthous ,
yellow ,
yellow stuff ,
yellowish ,
yellowishness ,
yellowness ,
ytterbium ,
yttrium ,
zinc ,
zirconium Gold (
1 .)
Heb .
zahab ,
so called from its yellow colour (
Ex .
25 :
11 ;
1 Chr .
28 :
18 ;
2 Chr .
3 :
5 ).
(
2 .)
Heb .
segor ,
from its compactness ,
or as being enclosed or treasured up ;
thus precious or "
fine gold " (
1 Kings 6 :
20 ;
7 :
49 ).
(
3 .)
Heb .
paz ,
native or pure gold (
Job 28 :
17 ;
Ps .
19 :
10 ;
21 :
3 ,
etc .).
(
4 .)
Heb .
betzer , "
ore of gold or silver "
as dug out of the mine (
Job 36 :
19 ,
where it means simply riches ).
(
5 .)
Heb .
kethem ,
i .
e .,
something concealed or separated (
Job 28 :
16 ,
19 ;
Ps .
45 :
9 ;
Prov .
25 :
12 ).
Rendered "
golden wedge "
in Isa .
13 :
12 .
(
6 .)
Heb .
haruts ,
i .
e .,
dug out ;
poetic for gold (
Prov .
8 :
10 ;
16 :
16 ;
Zech .
9 :
3 ).
Gold was known from the earliest times (
Gen .
2 :
11 ).
It was principally used for ornaments (
Gen .
24 :
22 ).
It was very abundant (
1 Chr .
22 :
14 ;
Nah .
2 :
9 ;
Dan .
3 :
1 ).
Many tons of it were used in connection with the temple (
2 Chr .
1 :
15 ).
It was found in Arabia ,
Sheba ,
and Ophir (
1 Kings 9 :
28 ;
10 :
1 ;
Job 28 :
16 ),
but not in Palestine .
In Dan .
2 :
38 ,
the Babylonian Empire is spoken of as a "
head of gold "
because of its great riches ;
and Babylon was called by Isaiah (
14 :
4 )
the "
golden city " (
R .
V .
marg ., "
exactress ,"
adopting the reading _marhebah_ ,
instead of the usual word _madhebah_ ).
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