Gloss的意思|Gloss的解释-里氏词典

gloss [glɔs]

n. 光彩, 假象, 注释

vt. 使光彩, 掩盖, 上光于, 注释, 曲解

vi. 发光, 作注释

The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments.
部长就局势的最新发展作了另一番解释。
The gloss and glitter of Hollywood seemed fascinating to the girl.
好莱坞的虚荣与繁华似乎强烈吸引着这个女孩。
With this polish you can give a good high gloss to the wood.
使用这种上光蜡可使木器表面极为光亮平滑。

gloss

[ noun ]

an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

<noun.communication>

an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

<noun.communication>

the property of being smooth and shiny

<noun.attribute>

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

<noun.attribute>

he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity

he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction

the situation soon took on a different color

[ verb ]

give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

<verb.creation>

provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

<verb.communication>

annotate

comment

He annotated on what his teacher had written

provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

<verb.communication>

give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

Gloss \Gloss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glossed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Glossing}.]
To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and
shining; as, to gloss cloth.

The glossed and gleamy wave. --J. R. Drake.

Gloss \Gloss\, n. [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult
word needing explanation, fr. Gr. ? tongue, language, word
needing explanation. Cf. {Gloze}, {Glossary}, {Glottis}.]
1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word
requiring explanation. [Obs.]

2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words,
interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a
running commentary.

All this, without a gloss or comment,
He would unriddle in a moment. --Hudibras.

Explaining the text in short glosses. --T. Baker.

3. A false or specious explanation. --Dryden.

Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), n. [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys
finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh.
akin to E. glass.]
1. Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth
surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is
calendered to give it a gloss.

It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause
any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford.
--Hooker.

2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.

To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm than all the gloss of art.
--Goldsmith.

Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), v. t.
1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to
explain; to annotate.

2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and
plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.
--Philips.

Gloss \Gloss\, v. i.
1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. --Dryden.

2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. --Prior.

With the economic news from France worsening by the day, the CAC-40 index last week surged through the 2,000 barrier, adding the gloss to an 8 per cent rise since the start of the year.
But Rep. Ronald D. Coleman, D-Fla., said the program properly did not gloss over problems within Mexico's law-enforcement establishment.
In the early 1980s, long before junk bonds put a pin-striped gloss on going into hock, Mr. Farley parlayed promissory notes into a dozen plants making such unglamorous items as screws and pinsetters for bowling alleys.
Sir, the logic of Mr Grey's gloss (Letters, April 6) on Mr van den Muyzenberg's letter (March 30) is incontestable and points up the paradox that fixed exchange rates must be variable.
The rest is gloss.
But the prospect of anything more than a partial implementation of the Vance-Owen proposals has become very slim indeed. Communiques usually try to put the most optimistic gloss on the outcome of the meetings which they describe.
In Veronica's Room beneath the gloss of Nixon's America lies the normalcy of Roosevelt's and beneath that a cesspool of incest, murder and guilt.
One investor comments: 'I have rarely met a powerful chairman or chief executive with so little sheen or gloss.'
Stripped of its progressive gloss, however, collective bargaining is merely cartelisation of the labour market.
Moreover, the whole of Balanchine's output from "Apollo" on is in effect a gloss on Marius Petipa's choreography for this work.
Readers who are suspicious of my gloss should refer to the original. The first and most familiar part of the thesis is that the the bond market is becoming the arbiter of monetary policy.
When the sixth set _ the regulations now in effect _ was presented to the Reagan administration, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel added what the court called "its gloss" to the rules.
Before accepting the humorous gloss agencies are wont to foist on them, companies must think carefully - otherwise they may find that the joke is on them. Jean-Louis Barsoux is the author of Funny Business, to be published by Cassell in August.
Still, while some companies no doubt blatantly deceive prospective employees, a more common problem, management specialists say, is the tendency of both applicants and interviewers to gloss over job descriptions.
Before turning to Runciman's gloss on Roskill, the following questions should be considered. Why, when it now handles only a handful of cases, was it necessary to set up the Serious Fraud Office as a separate high-profile agency at all?
Japanese Ambassador Ryohei Murata has been working the phones to members of Congress, and his deputy called a news conference the other day to try to put a gloss on Tokyo's performance.
Only Pirandello can put the whole lot together. Jonathan Kent's direction of this new, but not significantly different, version of the play by David Hare, adds an English gloss by setting the first act in Pinterland.
In publishing these surveys, the CBI never attempts to put a particular gloss on them.
That was the most optimistic gloss one cabinet minister could put on the latest furore buffeting Mr John Major.
But pre-tax profit has fallen to less than half the record Pounds 17.9m made in 1987-88. The group must, however, be given credit for dragging itself out of the first-half mire, even if a little of the gloss is put down to defensive moves against Oceana.
The inability of finding easy ways to gloss over the danger of federal budget deficits leaves the White House, Congress and private sector advisory groups with no alternative but to bite the bullet.
The market has already begun to take the gloss off the sector but housebuilders' premium ratings remain suspiciously heavy.

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