新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

gloss

英  [glɒs]
    
美  [glɔːs]

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • glosses

    1[SING 单数型名词] 光泽

    A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.

    近义词

    sheen

    双语例句

    例:

    Sheets of rain were falling and produced a black gloss on the asphalt.

    倾盆的大雨使柏油马路显得黑亮黑亮的。

    2[U 不可数名词] 表面光鲜 , 假象

    Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.

    双语例句

    例:

    Television commercials might seem more professional, but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.

    电视广告也许看上去更加专业,但要当心,不要把表面的光鲜误以为真。

    3[SING 单数型名词] 粉饰

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated.

    他假借日记来粉饰该政权犯下的种种恐怖行径。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • gloss over

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 无视 , 草草了事

    If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try to make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly.

    双语例句

    例:

    Some foreign governments gloss over human rights abuses.

    一些外国政府无视侵犯人权的问题。

    VERB. 动词
  • glosses , glossing , glossed

    1[T 及物动词] 注解

    If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    'Aventure' is often glossed as simply good or bad 'fortune' or 'chance'.

    “Aventure”常常被简单地注解为好的或坏的“运气”或“机会”。