mass noun
1- shine or lustre on a smooth surface（表面的）光滑, 光泽：
hair with a healthy gloss.
呈现健康光泽的头发。
1.1
- 见LIPGLOSS.
1.2
- （亦作gloss paint）a type of paint which dries to a bright shiny surface有光涂料; 亮光漆。
1.3
- in sing. a superficially attractive appearance or impression骗人的好看外表; 假象：
beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life.
在成功假象的背后是凄惨的个人生活。
with obj.
1- apply a cosmetic gloss to把美容膏涂于。
1.1
- apply gloss paint to涂有光涂料（或亮光漆）于。
1.2
gloss over
try to conceal or disguise (something embarrassing or unfavourable) by treating it briefly or representing it misleadingly掩盖（或粉饰）：the social costs of this growth are glossed over.
为这种增长所付出的社会代价被掩盖起来了。
派生词
glosser
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
1
- a translation or explanation of a word or phrase（对词或短语的）翻译; 解释。
1.1
- an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase解释; 诠释; 释义：
the chapter acts as a helpful gloss on Pynchon's general method.
这一章有助于诠释平钦的一般方法。
with obj.(一般作be glossed)
1- provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.)（对文本, 词语等）解释; 诠释; 释义。
1.1
- no obj.
gloss on/upon
archaic write or make comments, especially unfavourable ones, about (something)〈古〉牵强附会地解释; 曲解： those laws, which they assumed the liberty of interpreting and glossing upon.
那些他们认为可以随便解释和评注的法律。
词源
mid 16th cent.: alteration of the noun gloze, from Old French glose （see GLOZE）， suggested by medieval Latin glossa 'explanation of a difficult word', from Greek glōssa 'word needing explanation, language, tongue'.