及物动词
名词
1. 光泽；色泽；光亮
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.
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.
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.
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.
6. 解释；诠释；说明
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
相关词组：gloss over
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
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