Gold

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) great wealth; 'Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold'--Ben Jonson.

(noun.) coins made of gold.

(noun.) 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.

(adj.) made from or covered with gold; 'gold coins'; 'the gold dome of the Capitol'; 'the golden calf'; 'gilded icons' .

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• These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I continued to live at the Cross of Gold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Her face was radiant like gold, as she sat thinking. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Bring out some of the gold you sold yourself to the devil for. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Early in the morning, the rouleau of gold was left at my door in a little box, with my name on the outside. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A balance, therefore, must necessarily be paid to them in gold and silver, and this balance, too, is generally found. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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