Gloss
[ glɔs ]
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n. 光彩，光泽，光滑;注释，注解;假象;
vt. 发光，给…加光泽;注释，注解;掩饰（错误）;
📝 例句
a gloss of respectability
一副受人尊敬的假象
The company's annual report tried to gloss over recent heavy losses.
该公司的年度报告试图掩盖近期的严重亏损。
The surface gloss had begun to crack.
表面的光彩已经开始衰退了。
I couldn't understand the book without the gloss.
没注解我看不懂那本书。
I polished my shoes to give them a gloss.
我擦了皮鞋使其光亮。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ g-拼音“狗”,loss-失去:狗失去光泽
※ gloss-假象、注释:哥哥被字面意思的假象迷惑时需要看注释
※ glass-玻璃,gloss-光泽:玻璃能透光也能反光,总之是有光泽的
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
gloss
n[U, sing]
1
(a) brightness or shine on a smooth surface 平滑表面上的光泽或光亮
With this polish you can give a good high gloss to the wood. 使用这种上光蜡可使木器表面极为平滑光亮.
the gloss on sb's hair 某人头发的光泽.
(b) (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) substance (eg make-up) designed to give such a shine 用以产生光泽的物质（如化妆品）: `lip-gloss 透明唇膏
[attrib 作定语]
gloss paint, ie paint which, when dry, has a hard shiny surface 光泽涂料
gloss photographs 光面照片
a gloss finish, ie a shiny surface (after painting, processing, etc) 上光.
(c) gloss paint 清漆; 光泽涂料
a tin of gloss 一罐清漆. Cf 参看 matt.
2 (fig 比喻) deceptively good appearance 虚假的外表; 虚饰
acquire a pleasing social gloss, ie attractive manners, etc 培养社交中体面的风度
the gloss and glitter of Hollywood 好莱坞的虚荣与豪华
a gloss of respectability, ie cover for a life of secret wrongdoing 道貌岸然的假象. Cf 参看 veneer 2. gloss, v (phr v) gloss over sth treat sth briefly, or in a superficial or an incomplete way, so as to avoid embarrassing details 简略地、 浮皮潦草地或敷衍地处理某事（以求避开难堪的细节）
gloss over the awkward facts 掩饰令人尴尬的事实.
gloss n ~ (on sth)
1 explanatory comment added to a text; brief definition 注释; 简明注解
a gloss on a word, phrase, etc 单词、 短语等的注释.
2 explanation; interpretation 解释; 阐释
The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments in the Middle East. 部长对中东局势的最新发展作了另一番解释. gloss, v [Tn]
give an explanation or a brief definition of (a word); add a gloss to (a text) 对（一词）作解释或简要释义; 给（一段文字）作注释
a difficult word that needs to be glossed 需加注释的难词.
🔁 扩展释义
*[glɒs]n. 光彩, 假象, 注释vt. 使光彩, 掩盖, 上光于, 注释, 曲解vi. 发光, 作注释相关词组: put a gloss on gloss over sth
🏥 医学释义
光泽，光彩
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📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Most celebrities feel there's something extra special about themselves.
大多数名人觉得他们很特别。
Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year.
要记住，每天是一年中最好的一天。
Was it cold yesterday?
昨天天气冷吗？