| 单词 | gloss |
| 释义 | gloss (glɒs , US glɔːs ) Word forms: glosses , glossing , glossed 1. singular noun A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt. Synonyms: shine, gleam, sheen, polish 2. uncountable noun Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality. Television commercials seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content. 3. singular noun If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it. He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated. [+ on] The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss. Synonyms: façade, show, front [informal], surface 4. variable noun Gloss is the same as gloss paint. 5. variable noun Gloss is a type of shiny make-up. She brushed gloss on to her eyelids. ...lip glosses. 6. verb If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it. Older editors glossed 'drynke' as 'love-potion'. [VERB noun + as] Synonyms: interpret, explain, comment, translate Phrasal verbs: gloss over phrasal verb If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly. Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: put a gloss on something to try to convince people that things are better than they really are Garland could see no harm in putting an optimistic gloss on what the specialist had actually said. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: high gloss Finish by adding the butter to give the sauce a high gloss. The Sun Choose one that has history - nothing too high gloss or high priced. Times, Sunday Times The units are high gloss and dark grey with huge, linear-style drawers. Times, Sunday Times It costs around 10 - depending on the finish and shade you choose - and it covers everything from high gloss finishes to melamine. The Sun But don't use them on high gloss or varnished surfaces. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 光泽 Japanese: 光沢 |
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