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Gloss N Sing Attractive Put Explanation N Mass Paint 英[Glɒs

单词 gloss
音标
英[glɒs] 美[glɔs]
解释
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);
例句

N-SING
光泽;色泽;光亮
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.
例:Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.雨后的柏油路面显得黑亮黑亮的。

N-UNCOUNT
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.
例: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。

N-SING
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.
例: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。
例:The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss.整个想法就是要粉饰历史。

N-MASS
同gloss paint
Gloss is the same as gloss paint .

N-MASS
唇彩;亮彩化妆品
Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.
例:She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.她在眼睑上涂了些亮彩眼影。
例:...lip glosses.唇彩

VERB
解释;诠释;说明
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
例:Older editors glossed 'drynke' as 'love-potion'.老编辑将drynke注释为love-potion(春药)。
变形
third:glosses~done:glossed~pl:glosses~ing:glossing~past:glossed~

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