一日一词【77】gold

gold

一提到gold, 人们脑海里会立刻浮现出光灿灿的金子。可是，也千万别忘了一句名言：All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的并不都是金子。

金子由于贵重而受人们重视，所以英语中有很多由gold构成的　常用词语。例如：She has a heart of gold. (她心地善良。) a goldmine是金矿，然而a gold mine却是指“大赚钱的买卖”。 This restaurant is a gold mine. (这餐馆生意极好。) as good as gold 意为“好极了”。The children caused no trouble all day; they were as good as gold.( 孩子们一整天都没任何麻烦，真乖极了。)

gold的形容词是golden，也很常用。如golden rule (金科玉律)；golden wedding是结婚五十周年纪念。golden age指人类史上的黄金时代；文学艺术的鼎盛期。The eighteenth century was the golden age of the novel. (十八世纪是小说的鼎盛期。)