英式：[ɡl?s]
美式：[ɡlɑ?s]

n.光彩；光澤；虛飾

n.注釋；注解

v.掩蓋；（使）有光澤

v.作注釋

用作名詞 (n.)

The surface gloss had begun to crack. 表面的光彩已經(jīng)開始衰退了。

With this polish you can give a good high gloss to the wood. 使用這種上光蠟可使木器表面極為光亮平滑。

The gel gives your hair a gloss. 發(fā)膠使你的頭發(fā)有了光澤。

The gloss and glitter of Hollywood seemed fascinating to the girl. 好萊塢的虛榮與繁華似乎強(qiáng)烈吸引著這個女孩。

The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments. 部長就局勢的最新發(fā)展作了另一番解釋。

The single word gloss was usually interlined. 對單個詞的注釋還常用間注法。

I couldn't understand the book without the gloss. 沒注解我看不懂那本書。

用作動詞 (v.)

It is bad policy to gloss over the difficulties. 掩蓋困難是不明智的。

She tried to gloss over her past mistake. 她試圖掩蓋她過去的缺點(diǎn)。

The company's annual report tried to gloss over recent heavy loss. 該公司的年度報告試圖掩蓋近期的嚴(yán)重虧損。

She glossed the furniture with wax. 她用蠟打磨家具使有光澤。

It is a difficult word that needs to be glossed. 它是一個需加注釋的難詞。

glossiest

adj.光滑的；有光澤的

glossily

adv.光滑地

glossy

adj.光滑的；有光澤的

glossary

n.詞匯表；術(shù)語匯編

heteroglossia

多聲性

glossiness

n.光澤度；光澤