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词汇 gloss
释义 gloss
noun
uk /ɡlɒs/ us /ɡlɑːs/

glossnoun (APPEARANCE)


[ S or U ]
a smooth, shiny appearance on the surface of something: 光亮,光泽
a glossMarble can be polished to a high gloss.大理石可以被磨得非常光滑。
gloss finishThis varnish provides a long-lasting and hard-wearing gloss finish.用这种清漆做亮光漆可以使表面光亮、持久、耐磨。
[ U ]
paint that produces a smooth, shiny appearance on a surface: 高光漆,亮光漆
gloss (paint)We'll need a litre of gloss (paint) to cover the woodwork.我们需要一升亮光漆来漆一下木建部分。
All the shades are available in matt or gloss.所有颜色都有亮光和亚光两种。
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matt
[ U ]
a substance used to make your lips, hair, or skin appear shiny: 一种使(嘴唇、头发、皮肤等)显得光亮的物质
lip glossRed lip gloss gave her a glamorous look.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Paints, dyes & pigments
annatto
brazilwood
colourant
coverage
dip dye
henna
inky
lacquer
linseed oil
logwood
marbling
non-drip
paint
pigmentation
shellac
sienna
spray gun
thinner
topcoat
varnish

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Make-up & skin care

glossnoun (EXPLANATION)


[ C ]
an explanation for a word or phrase: 注释;评注
Difficult expressions are explained in the glosses at the bottom of the page.难以理解的词组在页脚都有注释。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Reasons and explanations
alibi
argumentation
ascribe something to something
ascription
ascriptive
case
definition
explanation
explication
exposition
extenuating
extenuation
key
reason
talk
talk your way out of somethingidiom
unclarified
warrantable
warrantably
wherefores

Idioms


put a gloss on something
take the gloss off something
gloss
verb[ T ]
uk /ɡlɒs/ us /ɡlɑːs/

glossverb[T] (EXPLAIN)


to provide an explanation for a word or phrase: 给…加注释(或注解)
In the school edition of the book, the older and more rare words have been glossed.这本书的教学用版本对一些较古老和较生僻的词作了注释。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Defining & explaining
account (to someone) for something
accountability
adumbrate
adumbration
annotation
annotator
belabour
demythologize
extenuate
indefinably
indescribably
inexpressibly
justificatory
lay something out
outline
sketch
spell
trace
walk through something
what is he, are they, etc. like?idiom

glossverb[T] (PAINT)


UK
to paint something with gloss paint:
They glossed the woodwork.

Phrasal verb


gloss over something

gloss | American Dictionary


gloss
noun
us/ɡlɑs, ɡlɔs/

glossnoun (SHINE)


[ U ]
a smooth shine on the surface of something:
The floor was waxed and buffed to a high gloss.

glossnoun (EXPLANATION)


[ C ]
an explanation of a word or phrase in a text

gloss


verb[ T ]us/ɡlɑs, ɡlɔs/
Special senses of words are glossed in this dictionary.

Examples of gloss


gloss
Reasons for glossing women's talk about social relationships as 'gossip' rather than 'visiting', and the outcomes of doing so, are explored below.
Discussions about questions that have vexed historians of culture and resistance under dictatorships elsewhere, are glossed over.
Important phases and aspects of selfhood are thus lost or glossed over without sufficient emphasis.
Of course, we cannot ignore the possibility that these glosses are a poor reflection of the status of case categories in the spoken language.
Wars often magnify underlying currents in society, and issues which in peace-time may be glossed over, become more clearly delineated in wartime.
Recent studies have sought to establish more specifically how best to present the glosses.
However, this scenario glosses over some serious problems.
I here use "reason" in a broad sense that glosses over the distinction.
The extreme version of direct translation is glossing, since glosses are essentially a direct translation of an entire text.
The former is based on simple binary systems of oppositions and can be glossed as the preserve of autonomy.
Thoroughly glossed so as to maximize accessibility and impact, these graphics create cultural texture.
Nevertheless, notes which are more than glosses need organisation and point...
As a result, regional and countryspecific analysis was de-emphasised, at the risk of glossing over both connections and differences in the region.
One could fill up a library with writings in many languages which are basically ingenious and ingenuous glosses on these three ideas.
The scribes of two of these manuscripts, or the singers glossing them, were not sure how to sing this chant.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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