goldsmith

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡoʊldˌsmɪθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
  2. A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely). obsolete

词形变化

goldsmiths plural

词汇关系

上位词
smith metalsmith
衍生词
goldsmith beetle goldsmithery
相关词
goldsmithing jeweller

词源

From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.
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