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gloss

noun
🔊/ɡlɒs/
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  1. [uncountable, singular] a shine on a smooth surface（平滑表面上的）光泽，光亮
    • paper with a high gloss on one side单面上光纸
    • The gel gives your hair a gloss.发胶使你的头发有光泽。🔊🔊
    • You can have the photos with either a gloss or a matt finish.你可选择用光面或布面相纸洗这些照片。🔊🔊
    • Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.用在您最喜欢的口红上可以增加光泽。
    Extra Examples
    • We used a gel to add gloss to her hair.我们用了一种发胶来使她的头发更亮泽。
    • Your hair has lost its natural gloss.你的头发已经失去了自然光泽。
    • furniture with a dark gloss finish涂有黑色亮光漆的家具
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clear
    • high
    • lip
    • …
    verb + gloss
    • add
    • lose
    gloss + noun
    • finish
    • paint
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  2. [uncountable] (often in compounds常构成复合词) a substance designed to make something shiny用以产生光泽的物质
    • lip gloss唇彩
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clear
    • high
    • lip
    • …
    verb + gloss
    • add
    • lose
    gloss + noun
    • finish
    • paint
    See full entry
  3. (also gloss paint)
     [uncountable] paint which, when dry, has a hard shiny surface光泽涂料；亮光漆
    • two coats of gloss两层亮光漆
  4. [uncountable, singular] an attractive appearance that is only on the surface and hides what is not so attractive虚假的外表；虚饰
    • Beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life.在成功的外表下面却隐藏着悲惨的私人生活。🔊🔊
    • This scandal has taken the gloss off the occasion.这丑闻使这次盛会黯然失色。🔊🔊
  5. [countable] gloss (on something) a way of explaining something to make it seem more attractive or acceptable精彩的解释（或阐述）
    • The director puts a Hollywood gloss on the civil war.导演对内战作了一番好莱坞式的精彩阐述。🔊🔊
  6. [countable] gloss (on something) a note or comment added to a piece of writing to explain a difficult word or phrase注释；评注
    7. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. noun sense 6 mid 16th cent.: alteration of the noun gloze, from Old French glose ‘a gloss, comment’, suggested by medieval Latin glossa ‘explanation of a difficult word’, from Greek glōssa ‘word needing explanation, language, tongue’.

gloss

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gloss
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he / she / it glosses
🔊/ˈɡlɒsɪz/
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past simple glossed
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past participle glossed
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-ing form glossing
🔊/ˈɡlɒsɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡlɑːsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. gloss something (as something) to add a note or comment to a piece of writing to explain a difficult word or idea在…上作注释（或评注）Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Origingloss over something. mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. verb mid 16th cent.: alteration of the noun gloze, from Old French glose ‘a gloss, comment’, suggested by medieval Latin glossa ‘explanation of a difficult word’, from Greek glōssa ‘word needing explanation, language, tongue’.