gloss

名词

UK/ɡlɒs/
US/ɡlɑːs/

定义 gloss 名词

appearance

  1. UncountableSingular

    A smooth, shiny appearance on the surface of an object.

    • The car has a beautiful gloss after being polished.

    • The table has a smooth gloss finish.

    • She loves the gloss on her jewelry.

  2. Uncountable

    A type of paint that gives a smooth, shiny appearance to a surface.

    • He used gloss paint to decorate the wooden furniture.

    • She chose to paint the walls with gloss, giving them a cleaner look.

    • This gloss paint is available in many colors.

  3. Uncountable

    A substance used to make lips, hair, or skin appear shiny.

    • She likes to apply lip gloss to her lips.

    • This hair wax adds a nice gloss to the hair.

    • This product gives the skin a healthy gloss.

explanation

  1. Countable

    An explanation or interpretation of a word or phrase.

    • The glosses in this book help to understand the ancient text.

    • The article provides many helpful glosses at the bottom of the page.

    • He added a gloss next to the complex verse.

动词

UK/ɡlɒs/
US/ɡlɑːs/

定义 gloss 动词

explain

  1. Transitive

    To provide an explanation or interpretation for a word or phrase.

    • He glossed the obscure parts of the poem.

    • The professor will carefully gloss this complex concept.

    • Every term in the paper has been carefully glossed.

成语

  • take the gloss off something

    To diminish the specialness or enjoyment of an event or occasion.

    The sudden argument really took the gloss off the holiday.

  • put a gloss on something

    To present something in a way that emphasizes its positive aspects and downplays the negative ones, often to one's own benefit.

    They tried to put a gloss on the controversial policy, emphasizing its potential benefits.

片语动词 gloss

  • gloss over something

    to disregard or cover up an issue, such as an embarrassing error, in order to minimize its importance and swiftly move on to another topic

    During the meeting, he tried to gloss over last season's sales mistakes to quickly move on to the plans for the next quarter.