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单词 glossy
释义
glossy
(glɒsi , US glɔːsi )
Word forms: glossier , glossiest
1. adjective
Glossy means smooth and shiny.
...glossy black hair.
The leaves were dark and glossy.
Synonyms: shiny, polished, shining, glazed  
2. adjective
You can describe something as glossy if you think that it has been designed to look attractive but has little practical value or may have hidden faults.
...a glossy new office.
Their TV commercials are glossy and sophisticated.
Synonyms: glamorous, stylish, grand, smart  
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Glossy magazines, leaflets, books, and photographs are produced on expensive, shiny paper.
...a photoshoot in a glossy magazine.
Collocations:
glossy leaves
It has star-shaped yellow flowers with red dots, and flat glossy leaves.
Times, Sunday Times
It has non-spiky, loosely crinkled, bright glossy leaves with fine yellow veining on dark purple stems, and masses of bright red berries.
Times, Sunday Times
Glossy leaves, such as those on hart's tongue ferns, camellias and hollies, will reflect the light and add a little glamour.
Times, Sunday Times
The dark green, slightly glossy leaves have a darker mark shaped roughly like a crescent in the middle.
Times, Sunday Times
Many varieties have glossy leaves that catch and reflect the low winter sun beautifully.
Times,Sunday Times
glossy lips
To finish off the look, try glossy lips and tips.
Times, Sunday Times
Her natural appearance and glossy lips are a winning formula for interviews, researchers found.
The Sun
Look for light-reflecting textures such as metallic eyes and glossy lips for an instant facial lift.
Times, Sunday Times
Look for light-reflecting textures like metallic eyes and glossy lips.
Times, Sunday Times
Add to this the perfect cat eyeliner and glossy lips, and she's nailed it!
The Sun
glossy locks
Forget complicated styles and just aim for bouncy, glossy locks.
The Sun
Attending the temple, she first has to wash her glossy locks before waiting to pay one of the temple's barbers 10p for her tenminute trim.
The Sun
They work against existing static and prevent any more being created - instantly taming and smoothing frizz to leave you with silky smooth, glossy locks.
The Sun
That's why we love super-straight, glossy locks with this look.
The Sun
It's good to know even celebrities need a little synthetic helping hand to get the perfect big, glossy locks.
The Sun
glossy magazine
Their lavish do was paid for by a glossy magazine.
The Sun (2013)
Open a glossy magazine and there are dozens of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was for a glossy magazine and it was the most miserable day of my working life.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A journalist friend of mine once interviewed the wife of a famous pop star for a glossy magazine.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She looked up from her glossy magazine, put down her lorgnette and eyed him unenthusiastically as he entered.
Butterworth, Michael THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE (2004)
glossy pages
Your home reads like a crossed-off check list of everything you see, month in, month out, in the glossy pages of interiors magazines.
Times, Sunday Times
The heavy, glossy pages with polished gilt edges emphasize, by counterpoint, a sense-memory of the fleshy softness of the petals depicted in the glorious illustrations.
The Times Literary Supplement
Some highlighted the editorial space lavished upon the big advertisers in the magazine's glossy pages.
Times, Sunday Times
It helps them turn snapshots into something out of the glossy pages of a lifestyle magazine.
Times, Sunday Times
He has used the glossy pages of magazines to scrutinise and skewer its more questionable idiosyncrasies, albeit with tongue firmly in cheek and filter set to fabulous.
Times, Sunday Times
glossy paper
One arrived along with a huge glossy paper catalogue.
The Sun
We used glossy paper for test prints, and they mostly looked good, although one or two had a faint yellow tinge.
Times, Sunday Times
They consist mainly of superb photographs on weighty, glossy paper, with an entertaining text cobbled around them.
Times, Sunday Times
Although the magazine was wrapped in glossy paper and full of beautifully composed photographs, that was where similarities with other titles ended.
Times, Sunday Times
Magazines are no use for the job because glossy paper contains 50 per cent industrial materials - in a word, stone.
Times, Sunday Times
glossy photographs
Glossy photographs of hillsides, cellars and tasting rooms belonging to esteemed contemporary producers accompany descriptions that struggle to shake the feeling of marketing copy.
The Times Literary Supplement
Instead, estate agents' windows are beginning to carry glossy photographs of some of the high-end casualties of the credit crunch.
Times, Sunday Times
An enormous album of glossy photographs published to mark the city's 240th anniversary showed citizens strolling through parks and pushing prams down streets lined with trees, under perpetually clement skies.
The Times Literary Supplement
The many glossy photographs taken on set provide an answer of sorts.
The Times Literary Supplement
There were in every number glossy photographs of stars featured on full pages inside the magazine andof courseon the cover.
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glossy photos
She notes that it takes a lot to make it in the business: commitment, training, and 8x10 glossy photos.
Christianity Today
Glossy photos, cropped and edited, seem to mock even our best efforts.
Christianity Today
A paragraph of ghosted guff from the manager and a bunch of repetitious glossy photos that will most likely end up on the floor of the car.
Times, Sunday Times
glossy sheen
Keep them short and tidy but finish off with a glossy sheen of clear varnish.
The Sun (2009)
It left a subtle, glossy sheen.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's thick with a glossy sheen and gives a solid slick of oily charcoal colour with the slightest of shimmer to lift it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her lips have a glossy sheen, her skin glows, her hair is perfect.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
glossy surface
The quintet's music flits from perky indie-pop to bright, electronica-infused ballads, but below the glossy surface are sinister stories.
Times, Sunday Times
Use it every couple of days for a consistent, glossy surface, and only on dry nails, as they are more likely to break when wet.
Times, Sunday Times
The tesserae are then lacquered and polished creating a durable and glossy surface.
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The eggs of the yellow-spotted honeyeater range between inclined and elliptical and have a glossy surface.
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After some drying, the sculptures were covered with slip and burnished to produce a smooth, glossy surface.
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Translations:
Chinese: 光滑的
Japanese: 光沢のある
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