gloss

noun

/ɡlɒs/

/ɡlɑːs/

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[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.用在你最喜欢的口红上来增加额外的光泽。
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 Dictionary
adjective
- clear
- high
- lip
- …
verb + gloss
- add
- lose
gloss + noun
- finish
- paint
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[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 Dictionary
adjective
- clear
- high
- lip
- …
verb + gloss
- add
- lose
gloss + noun
- finish
- paint
See full entry
(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
[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。
[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。
[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

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

/ɡlɒs/

/ɡlɑːs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they gloss	/ɡlɒs/ /ɡlɑːs/
he / she / it glosses	/ˈɡlɒsɪz/ /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/
past simple glossed	/ɡlɒst/ /ɡlɑːst/
past participle glossed	/ɡlɒst/ /ɡlɑːst/
-ing form glossing	/ˈɡlɒsɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɑːsɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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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’.