gaud

英 [gɔːd] 美 [gɔd]

gaud (n.): early 15c., "a bauble, trinket," earlier "a large, ornamental bead in a rosary" (mid-14c.), probably mistakenly taken as singular of earlier gaudy (n.) "large, ornamental rosary bead" (early 14c., in plural form gaudeez), later "ornamentation" generally (late 14c.), which is from Medieval Latin gaudia and Old French gaudie "joy, pleasure, playfulness; a piece of showy finery, a flashy trinket," from Latin gaudium "joy," gaude "rejoice thou" (in hymns), from gaudere "rejoice" (see joy (n.), and compare jewel (n.)).

Also in Middle English "a jest, prank, trick" (late 14c.); "a deception, fraud, artifice" (mid-14c.). As a verb, "to furnish with gauds," from late 14c. Related: Gauded; gauding; gaudful; gaudless.

1. Fries the golden organization with underground periphery to compare, the Gaud gold is not illegal.: 与地下外围炒金机构相比, 高德黄金并不“不违法”.

2. The professional said that similar Gaud gold's this kind of enterprise, surmounted many supervision tension lines.: 业内人士称,类似高德黄金的这类企业, 跨越了诸多监管高压线.