英语词汇gloss怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

gloss

glɒs  glɔːs  glɔs  glɑs 

Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense glosses, present participle glossing, past tense , past participle glossed

1 N-SING 光泽；色泽；光亮 A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. 光泽；色泽；光亮

Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.

雨后的柏油路面显得黑亮黑亮的。

SYN shine, gleam, sheen, polish

2 N-UNCOUNT 虚假的外表；假象；虚饰 Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality. 虚假的外表；假象；虚饰

Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.

电视广告看上去或许更加专业，但要当心，不要把表象误以为真。

3 N-SING 粉饰；掩饰 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. 粉饰；掩饰

He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated. [+ on]

他假借日记对该政权犯下的恐怖罪行巧加粉饰。
The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss.

整个想法就是要粉饰历史。

SYN façade, show, front [informal] , surface

4 N-MASS 同gloss paint Gloss is the same as gloss paint . 同gloss paint

5 N-MASS 唇彩；亮彩化妆品 Gloss is a type of shiny make-up. 唇彩；亮彩化妆品

She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.

她在眼睑上涂了些亮彩眼影。
...lip glosses.

唇彩

6 VERB 解释；诠释；说明 If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it. 解释；诠释；说明 [Also VERB n]

Older editors glossed 'drynke' as 'love-potion'. [VERB noun + as]

老编辑将drynke注释为love-potion（春药）。

SYN interpret, explain, comment, translate

Phrasal verbs:

gloss over

Word Link

gloss, glot ≈ language : gloss, glossary, polyglot

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