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gold METALHgEJld, $goJldadj [not gradable], n(made of) a soft, yellow, heavy, metallic element which is quite rare and very valuable黄金;金子gold jewellery/bullion金饰品/条In many civilizations, gold objects were buried with important people who had died.在许多文明古国，金制品与死去的重要人物一同掩埋。There is said to be (a crock/pot of) gold at the end of the rainbow. [U]据说彩虹尽处有（一坛/罐）金子。It's every prospector's dream to strike (= find) gold. [U]每个投机者的梦想都是发现金子。There are still people who pan for gold (= look for it by washing stones from a stream in a pan). [U]仍有人用淘金盘来淘金。A legend says there is gold (= objects made of gold, such as coins and jewellery) buried somewhere on the island. [U]传说岛上某一处藏有黄金。She was dripping with gold (= wearing a lot of gold jewellery). [U]她满身是金首饰。If a recording of a popular song, or of a collection of popular songs, goes gold, it sells a large number of copies.成为金唱片（销售量很大的唱片）A gold card is a credit card (= a card used for paying for things) which you can get if you earn a lot of money.金卡(disapproving) A gold digger is someone, usually a woman, who tries to (sexually) attract a rich person, usually a man, in order to obtain presents, money or social advance.以色相吸引有钱男人来博取钱财（或提高社会地位的）女人A gold digger is also a person who digs for gold.掘金者A gold disc is a prize given to the performer(s) of a popular song, or a collection of popular songs, when a large number of copies of the recording of it have been sold.金唱片（当一流行单曲或专辑销售量很大时，授予演唱者之奖）Gold dust is gold in powder form.金粉(fig. esp. Br) Tickets for the concert are (like) gold dust (= very difficult to obtain because a lot of people want them).音乐会的票子很难搞到。Gold leaf is gold in the form of very thin sheets which is often used to cover objects, such as decorative details in a building.金叶（薄片金子，用来覆盖物品，例如楼房之具体装饰）A gold (medal) is a small disc of gold, or a metal that looks like gold, which is given to the person who wins a competition, esp. in a sport.金牌（授予体育比赛优胜者）He's running so well, surely he'll take the gold.他跑得那么好，当然会拿金牌。What a race she's having--she's really going for gold (= trying very hard to win).她在怎样比赛啊----她真的全力以赴。If something is gold-plated, it has been electrically covered with a very thin layer of gold.镀金的The gold reserve is the amount of gold held by a national bank, which is used for dealing with the national banks of other countries.黄金储备A gold rush is a situation in which a lot of people move to a place to try to find gold because they have heard that gold has been found there.淘金热The gold standard is a system of providing and controlling the exchange of money in a country, in which the value of money (relative to foreign money) is fixed against that of gold.金本位制
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