golden

英 ['gəʊld(ə)n] 美['ɡoldən]

近义词metallic

CET4TEM4考研CET6中频词核心词汇

golden (adj.): c. 1300, "made of gold," from gold (n.) + -en (2); replacing Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan. Gold is one of the few Modern English nouns that form adjectives meaning "made of ______" by adding -en (as in wooden, leaden, waxen, olden); those that survive often do so in specialized senses. Old English also had silfren "made of silver," stænen "made of stone," etc.

From late 14c. as "of the color of gold." Figurative sense of "excellent, precious, best, most valuable" is from late 14c.; that of "favorable, auspicious" is from c. 1600. Golden mean "avoidance of excess" translates Latin aurea mediocritas (Horace). Golden age "period of past perfection" is from 1550s, from a concept found in Greek and Latin writers; in sense of "old age" it is recorded from 1961. San Francisco Bay's entrance channel was called the Golden Gate by John C. Fremont (1866). The moralistic golden rule earlier was the golden law (1670s).
Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them [Matt. vii:12]

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. [George Bernard Shaw, 1898]

1. Imagine long golden beaches where you can wander in solitude.: 想象一下那长长的金色海滩吧，在那里你可以独自徜徉。

2. First-generation Americans view the United States as a land of golden opportunity.: 第一代美国人认为美国是一个充满了机遇的国度。

3. If you remember these three golden rules you won't go far wrong.: 记住这三条金律，就不会错到哪儿。

5. Orange and khaki flatter those with golden skin tones.: 橘黄色和卡其色能衬托那些金黄色皮肤的人。