gloss
n. 光彩,光泽,光滑; 注释,注解; 假象
vt. 发光,给…加光泽; 注释,注解; 掩饰(错误)
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.
Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.
雨后的柏油路面显得黑亮黑亮的。
Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.
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。
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.
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。
The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss.
整个想法就是要粉饰历史。
Gloss is the same as gloss paint .
Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.
She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.
她在眼睑上涂了些亮彩眼影。
...lip glosses.
唇彩
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
Older editors glossed 'drynke' as 'love-potion'.
老编辑将drynke注释为love-potion(春药)。
1. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
2. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
3. the property of being smooth and shiny
4. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;
1. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
2. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;
3. provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
4. gloss or excuse;
Healthy skin conditioning gloss, color, compact, flexible, red, delicate, moisture, thickness, acid - base.
调理出健康皮肤的光泽 、 色泽 、 紧致 、 弹性 、 红润 、 细腻 、 润泽 、 厚薄 、 酸碱.
Her hair has a lovely gloss.
她的头发美丽而有光泽.
When inspection indicates the surface a rubbing compound may be used to obtain a high gloss.
这样的检验方法可以找出原材料表面的瑕疵.
One should not gloss over one's shortcomings.
不要隐讳自己的缺点.
In this dictionary we often gloss difficult expressions with an explanation in brackets.
在这本词典里我们常常用括号内的解释来注解难懂的词.