gloss
n[U, sing]
1
(a) brightness or shine on a smooth surface 平滑表面上的光泽或光亮
With this polish you can give a good high gloss to the wood. 使用这种上光蜡可使木器表面极为平滑光亮.
the gloss on sb's hair 某人头发的光泽.
(b) (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) substance (eg make-up) designed to give such a shine 用以产生光泽的物质(如化妆品): `lip-gloss 透明唇膏
[attrib 作定语]
gloss paint, ie paint which, when dry, has a hard shiny surface 光泽涂料
gloss photographs 光面照片
a gloss finish, ie a shiny surface (after painting, processing, etc) 上光.
(c) gloss paint 清漆; 光泽涂料
a tin of gloss 一罐清漆. Cf 参看 matt.
2 (fig 比喻) deceptively good appearance 虚假的外表; 虚饰
acquire a pleasing social gloss, ie attractive manners, etc 培养社交中体面的风度
the gloss and glitter of Hollywood 好莱坞的虚荣与豪华
a gloss of respectability, ie cover for a life of secret wrongdoing 道貌岸然的假象. Cf 参看 veneer 2. gloss, v (phr v) gloss over sth treat sth briefly, or in a superficial or an incomplete way, so as to avoid embarrassing details 简略地、 浮皮潦草地或敷衍地处理某事(以求避开难堪的细节)
gloss over the awkward facts 掩饰令人尴尬的事实.
gloss n ~ (on sth)
1 explanatory comment added to a text; brief definition 注释; 简明注解
a gloss on a word, phrase, etc 单词、 短语等的注释.
2 explanation; interpretation 解释; 阐释
The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments in the Middle East. 部长对中东局势的最新发展作了另一番解释. gloss, v [Tn]
give an explanation or a brief definition of (a word); add a gloss to (a text) 对(一词)作解释或简要释义; 给(一段文字)作注释
a difficult word that needs to be glossed 需加注释的难词.
🔁 扩展释义
*[glɒs]n. 光彩, 假象, 注释vt. 使光彩, 掩盖, 上光于, 注释, 曲解vi. 发光, 作注释相关词组: put a gloss on gloss over sth
Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds.
两面讨好。
If you want to send a letter to an office abroad that is in a different time zone, you can send a fax, and it will be received even though the office is not open.