early 15c., "gold, gold-colored," also figuratively, "splendid, brilliant," from Latin aureatus "decorated with gold," from aureus "golden," from aurum "gold," from PIE root *aus- (2) "gold" (cognates: Sanskrit ayah "metal," Avestan ayo, Latin aes "brass," Old English ar "brass, copper, bronze," Gothic aiz "bronze," Old Lithuanian ausas "gold"), probably related to root *aus- "to shine" (see aurora).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. an aureate style of writing
華麗的文風(fēng)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Byron himself is a disembodied idea, an aureate memory, compared with Aaron.
跟埃倫相比,拜倫本人只是一個(gè)沒(méi)有血肉的概念, 一個(gè)光輝燦爛的回憶而已.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. I was been aureate by this to infect in autumn. infatuating with.