gloss

柯林斯词典

1. N-SING A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. 光泽
Sheets of rain were falling and produced a black gloss on the asphalt. 大雨倾盆而下，使沥青有了黑色的光泽。
2. N-UNCOUNT Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality. 表面光
Television commercials might seem more professional, but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content. 电视商业广告也许看上去更加专业，但要当心别把表面光彩误当作实质。
3. N-SING 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. 粉饰
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。
4. N-MASS Gloss is the same as . 有光涂料
5. V-T If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it. 注解
"Aventure" is often glossed as simply good or bad "fortune" or "chance."
"Aventure"常常被注解为简单的好或坏的“运气”或“机会”。
6. N-COUNT a short or expanded explanation or interpretation of a word, expression, or foreign phrase in the margin or text of a manuscript, etc 引申的注解