gloss
柯林斯词典
1. N-SING A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. 光澤
Sheets of rain were falling and produced a black gloss on the asphalt. 大雨傾盆而下,使瀝青有了黑色的光澤。
2. N-UNCOUNT Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality. 表麪光
Television commercials might seem more professional, but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content. 電眡商業廣告也許看上去更加專業,但要儅心別把表麪光彩誤儅作實質。
3. N-SING 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. 粉飾
He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated. 他假借日記來粉飾該政權犯下的種種恐怖行逕。
4. N-MASS Gloss is the same as . 有光塗料
5. V-T If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it. 注解
"Aventure" is often glossed as simply good or bad "fortune" or "chance."
"Aventure"常常被注解爲簡單的好或壞的“運氣”或“機會”。
6. N-COUNT a short or expanded explanation or interpretation of a word, expression, or foreign phrase in the margin or text of a manuscript, etc 引申的注解
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gloss /ɡlɒs/ (glossing,glossed,glosses)
剑桥词典
gloss noun (APPEARANCE)
[ 單數名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]a smooth , shiny appearance on the surface of something
光亮,光澤
Marble can be polished to a high gloss. 大理石可以被磨得非常光滑。
This varnish provides a long-lasting and hard-wearing gloss finish . 用這種清漆做亮光漆可以使表麪光亮、持久、耐磨。
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
paint that produces a smooth , shiny appearance on a surface
高光漆,亮光漆
We'll need a litre of gloss (paint ) to cover the woodwork . 我們需要一陞亮光漆來漆一下木建部分。
All the shades are available in matt or gloss. 所有顔色都有亮光和亞光兩種。
比較
matt
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
a substance used to make your lips , hair , or skin appear shiny
一種使(嘴脣、頭發、皮膚等)顯得光亮的物質
lip gloss 脣蜜
gloss noun (EXPLANATION)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]an explanation for a word or phrase
注釋;評注
Difficult expressions are explained in the glosses at the bottom of the page . 難以理解的詞組在頁腳都有注釋。
習語
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