the art of gilding
指贴金箔这门手艺时，常用 the art of gilding 这一说法。
She spent years studying the art of gilding in Florence.
她花了多年时间在佛罗伦萨学习镀金工艺。
镀金术；贴金工艺
金箔；镀金层；金色涂层；在表面贴金箔的技艺。；金箔。；镀金；金色涂层。
在表面贴金箔的技艺。
The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
金箔。
Gold leaf.
镀金；金色涂层。
A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
The gilding on the picture frame has started to peel off after many years.
画框上的镀金经过多年后开始剥落。
用法提示：名词用法，指金属表面的薄金层。
The company's promise of transparency was just gilding to hide its real problems.
公司关于透明度的承诺只是掩盖其真实问题的虚饰。
用法提示：名词用法，比喻虚假的外表或装饰。
She scraped off the gilding to reveal the cheap plastic underneath.
她刮掉了镀金层，露出了下面的廉价塑料。
用法提示：名词用法，指镀金材料。
指贴金箔这门手艺时，常用 the art of gilding 这一说法。
She spent years studying the art of gilding in Florence.
她花了多年时间在佛罗伦萨学习镀金工艺。
用 with 引出所用的材料，如金箔、金粉等。
Gilding with gold leaf requires a very steady hand.
用金箔贴金需要非常稳的手。
指物体表面附着的那层金箔或金色涂层，常用 on 引出所在物体。
The gilding on the mirror frame had worn away over the years.
多年来，镜框上的镀金层已经磨损了。
用 of 引出被贴金的对象，表示“给某物贴金”这一工序。
The gilding of the dome took several years to complete.
给穹顶镀金花了几年时间才完成。
grammar · medium
易错句子Gilding require a lot of patience.
正确表达Gilding requires a lot of patience.
gilding 作“贴金工艺”解时是不可数名词，作主语视为单数，一般现在时的动词要加 -s；汉语没有主谓一致，容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子Gilding is the art to apply gold leaf to a surface.
正确表达Gilding is the art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
英语中“the art of doing sth”是固定搭配，介词 of 后接动名词；汉语说“做……的艺术”，容易直译成不定式 to do。
grammar · medium
易错句子He applied many gilding to the frame.
正确表达He applied a lot of gilding to the frame.
many 只能修饰可数名词复数；gilding 表示“金箔/镀金层”这一材料时不可数，应用 a lot of 等量词。
gilding 指贴金箔的工艺，或由此形成的镀金层，强调做法或覆盖物；gilt 常指金箔材料本身或表面呈金色的物品，也可作形容词。两者在“金色覆盖层”上偶有重叠，但 gilding 更偏向工艺或镀层，gilt 更偏向材料或外观。
gilding 与贴金箔、镀金有关；gliding 指滑翔或平稳移动。二者拼写和读音相近，但意义无关，不能互换。
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