golden

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. gold·en [golden] BrE [ˈɡəʊldən] NAmE [ˈɡoʊldən] adjective
1. (especially literary)made of gold
•a golden crown
2. bright yellow in colour like gold
•golden hair
•miles of golden beaches
•Bake for ten minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden.
3. special; wonderful
•golden memories
•Businesses have a golden opportunity to expand into new markets.
•Hollywood's golden boy
more at kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs at ↑kill _v., the happy/golden mean at ↑mean _n., silence is golden at ↑silence _n.

Example Bank:
•The walls gleamed golden in the light of the setting sun.
•The whole sky turned golden and red.
•the faintly golden afternoon light
•Half-way throught the game, the striker missed a golden opportunity.
•I realized that this was my golden opportunity to say what I thought.
•This will be a golden opportunity for you to meet your pop idols.
 
▪ II. be ˈgolden idiom
(NAmE, informal)in a situation where you are successful or do not have any problems
•He thinks once he gets the money he'll be golden.
•If it works this time, we're golden.
Main entry: ↑golden_idiom

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous, fortunate, gold, gilded, halcyon, aureate, gilt