单词 | gloss over |
释义 | gloss overSEE SYNONYMS FOR gloss over ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to hide under a deceptively attractive surface or appearance to deal with (unpleasant facts) rapidly and cursorily, or to omit them altogether from an account of something Words nearby gloss overglossoplasty, glossorrhaphy, glossospasm, glossotomy, glossotrichia, gloss over, gloss paint, glossy, glossy snake, -glot, glottal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with gloss overgloss over Make attractive or acceptable by deception or superficial treatment. For example, His resumé glossed over his lack of experience, or She tried to gloss over the mistake by insisting it would make no difference. [Mid-1600s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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