golden

adjective
🔊/ˈɡəʊldən/
🔊/ˈɡəʊldən/
Idioms
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  1. (especially literary) made of gold金质的;金的
    • a golden crown金冕
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • gleam
    • look
    adverb
    • faintly
    • softly
    See full entry
  2. bright yellow in colour like gold金色的;金黄色的
    • golden hair金发
    • miles of golden beaches数英里长的金色沙滩
    • Bake for ten minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden.烘烤十分钟,直到酥脆金黄。
    Extra Examples
    • The walls gleamed golden in the light of the setting sun.墙壁在落日的余晖中泛着金光。
    • The whole sky turned golden and red.整个天空都变成了金红色。
    • the faintly golden afternoon light午后昏黄的光线
    Topics Colours and Shapesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • gleam
    • look
    adverb
    • faintly
    • softly
    See full entry
  3. special; wonderful特别的;美好的
    • golden memories美好的记忆
    • Businesses have a golden opportunity to expand into new markets.商界有开拓新市场的良机。🔊🔊
    • Hollywood’s golden boy好莱坞的金牌男星
    Extra Examples
    • Half-way throught the game, the striker missed a golden opportunity.比赛进行到一半时,前锋错失了千载难逢的机会。
    • I realized that this was my golden opportunity to say what I thought.我意识到这是我说出自己想法的绝妙机会。
    • This will be a golden opportunity for you to meet your pop idols.这将是您结识流行偶像的绝妙机会。
Idioms
be golden
  1. (North American English, informal) to be in a situation where you are successful or do not have any problems大功告成;大获成功;一帆风顺
    • He thinks once he gets the money he'll be golden.他认为只要拿到钱就万事大吉了。🔊🔊
    • If it works this time, we’re golden.如果这次能奏效的话,我们就是黄金。
    Topics Successc2
the happy/golden mean
  1. (approving) a course of action that is not extreme中庸之道
kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs
  1. (saying) to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc.杀鸡取卵;竭泽而渔;自绝财源Topics Difficulty and failurec2
silence is golden
  1. (saying) it is often best not to say anything沉默是金