gloss

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gloss1 /ɡlɒs $ ɡlɒːs, ɡlɑːs/ noun  1  [singular, uncountable]CSSHINEBRIGHT a bright shine on a surface 〔表面的〕光泽，光亮 This gel will add gloss to even the dullest hair. 用了这种发胶，即使最干枯的头发也会增添光泽。polish/shine to a high gloss The silverware had been polished to a high gloss. 那些银质器具被擦得锃亮。2  [singular, uncountable]NICE an attractive appearance on the surface of something that may hide something less pleasant 光鲜的外表 SYN veneer Beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life. 成功的光鲜外表下是悲惨的个人生活。 The injury to Keane took the gloss off Manchester United’s victory. 基恩的受伤使曼联队的胜利失色不少。3. [countable]TCN a note in a piece of writing that explains a difficult word, phrase, or idea 注释4  [singular] a description or explanation that makes something seem more attractive or acceptable than it really is 粉饰性的描述[解释] → spin The minister was accused of putting a gloss on the government’s poor performance. 这位部长被指责粉饰政府的无能。5. gloss finish/print TCPa surface or photograph that has been made shiny 高光表面/光面相片6. (also gloss paint) [uncountable] paint that looks shiny after it dries 亮光漆 → matt

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gloss• In places the green is so thick on the page that it develops a gloss like the dried skin of oil paint.• The regime held elections in October, giving itself a gloss of democracy.• This hair gel is guaranteed to add gloss even to the dullest hair.• The gel is guaranteed to add gloss even to the dullest hair.• The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.• Examples of this are high gloss and art papers.• And layers of gloss on those lovely shutters.• At a meeting of the Royal Medical Society in 1860 he gave his own gloss on the prostitution debate.• walls painted gloss white• But nothing could take the gloss off Townsend's night of glory.• Stephanie did not look well. The gloss had gone from her blond hair and her skin was splotchy looking.• The sides and bottoms were padded with hard-looking calluses and spattered with the gloss of little scars.• It was another female, but small and insignificant-looking, with tawny wings whose gloss had faded.

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gloss2 verb  1.TCN[transitive] to provide a note in a piece of writing, explaining a difficult word, phrase, or idea 给…注释，给…注解2 gloss over something phrasal verb TALK TO somebodyto avoid talking about something unpleasant, or to say as little as possible about it 避免谈论〔不愉快的事情〕；对…轻描淡写 SYN skirt She glossed over the details of her divorce. 她对离婚的细节含糊其词。→ See Verb table

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gloss• As Annie adjusted the nappies under the wriggling body, she glossed back over the previous week.• Feminist psychological theories tend to gloss over class relations, too.• What many would-be reformers have glossed over is the transition problems involved in going from one system to another.• Amy glossed over the bad times.• They no longer have any time for politicians who try to gloss over the harsh facts of life.• It was admirably researched, hut it glossed over the important questions while pointing up the trivial ones.• He sounded like generals everywhere, who gloss over their setbacks and remember their triumphs.• Some try to gloss over weak programming with slick packaging.Origin gloss1 1. (1500-1600) Probably from a Scandinavian language. 2. (1500-1600) Old French glose, from Latin glossa “unusual word that needs explaining”, from Greek, “tongue, language, unusual word”

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gloss¹ /ɡlɒs $ ɡlɒːs, ɡlɑːs/ noun1. [singular, uncountable] a bright shine on a surface:
    This gel will add gloss to even the dullest hair.
    polish/shine to a high gloss
    The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.
2. [singular, uncountable] an attractive appearance on the surface of something that may hide something less pleasant
   SYN  veneer:
    Beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life.
    The injury to Keane took the gloss off Manchester United’s victory.
3. [countable] a note in a piece of writing that explains a difficult word, phrase, or idea
4. [singular] a description or explanation that makes something seem more attractive or acceptable than it really is ⇨ spin:
    The minister was accused of putting a gloss on the government’s poor performance.
5. gloss finish/print a surface or photograph that has been made shiny
6. (also gloss paint) [uncountable] paint that looks shiny after it dries
⇨ matt

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gloss² verb
[transitive] to provide a note in a piece of writing, explaining a difficult word, phrase, or idea
     
gloss over something phrasal verb
  to avoid talking about something unpleasant, or to say as little as possible about it
   SYN  skirt:
    She glossed over the details of her divorce.