gloss

noun

1. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

e.g. he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
the situation soon took on a different color

Synonym: semblancecolorcolour

2. the property of being smooth and shiny

Synonym: polishglossinessburnish

3. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge
usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

Synonym: glossary

4. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

Synonym: rubric

gloss的近义词

verb

1. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

e.g. color a lie

Synonym: colorcolour

2. provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

3. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

e.g. He annotated on what his teacher had written

Synonym: commentannotate

4. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

1. 光泽；色泽；光亮
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.

e.g. Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.
雨后的柏油路面显得黑亮黑亮的。

2. 虚假的外表；假象；虚饰
Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.

e.g. Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.
电视广告看上去或许更加专业，但要当心，不要把表象误以为真。

3. 粉饰；掩饰
If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.

e.g. He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated...
他假借日记对该政权犯下的恐怖罪行巧加粉饰。
e.g. The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss.
整个想法就是要粉饰历史。

4. 同gloss paint
Gloss is the same as gloss paint .

5. 唇彩；亮彩化妆品
Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.

e.g. She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.
她在眼睑上涂了些亮彩眼影。
e.g. ...lip glosses.
唇彩

6. 解释；诠释；说明
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.

gloss是什么意思

e.g. Older editors glossed 'drynke' as 'love-potion'.
老编辑将drynke注释为love-potion（春药）。

相关词组：gloss over

1. gloss什么意思

1. 光泽：BYK-Gardner 中文名称: 光澤度計 英文名称: micro-TRI-gloss 说明: 光泽(Gloss)是用以评估物体表面是否光滑的视觉现象,从物体表面反射的光越多,光泽的表现越明显.

2. 光泽度：实验结果发现表面光差现象是因为局部剪应力变化造成表面塑料分子排列方向规则一致,使表面局部光泽度(gloss)提高所造成. 实验结果也显示,降低模温、减小气体压力、加快冷却速度、采用不定型分子材料及产品厚度设计避免剧烈改变,

3. 光泽的：等级15以上体力增加10 仓鼠(Hamster) 最小伤害减少1-6,最大伤害减少1-10 辉煌的(Splendid) 装饰品 等级20以下最大负伤率增加5%,等级28以上最大体力减少8,冰箭等级A以上str减少10 有光泽的(Gloss) 装饰品 最大生命力+5,

4. 唇彩：压印具特色的花纹<<2006春妆>>red earth 2006春/夏彩妆新品恋恋民族采风系列双色采风唇彩(Glossed Over)唇妆是缔造全新完美妆容的最后一步. 于双唇涂上双色采风唇彩(Gloss