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).
双语例句
1. an aureate style of writing
华丽的文风
来自《权威词典》
2. Byron himself is a disembodied idea, an aureate memory, compared with Aaron.
跟埃伦相比,拜伦本人只是一个没有血肉的概念, 一个光辉灿烂的回忆而已.
来自辞典例句
3. I was been aureate by this to infect in autumn. infatuating with.
