gloss
US: /ˈɡɫɔs/
UK: /ɡlˈɒs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
gloss /glɔs/- danh từ
- nước bóng, nước láng
- to take the gloss off: làm mất nước bóng, làm xỉn (vải...)
- (nghĩa bóng) vẻ hào nhoáng bề ngoài; bề ngoài giả dối
- nước bóng, nước láng
- ngoại động từ
- làm bóng, làm láng (vật gì)
- (nghĩa bóng) ((thường) + over) khoác cho một cái mã ngoài; khoác cho một vẻ ngoài giả dối; che đậy
- to gloss over one's errors: che đậy sai lầm
- danh từ
- lời chú thích, lời chú giải (giữa hai hàng chữ hoặc ở ngoài lề)
- lời phê bình, lời phê phán
- sự xuyên tạc lời nói của người khác
- động từ
- chú thích, chú giải
- phê bình, phê phán
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [U, sing.] a shine on a smooth surface: paper with a high gloss on one side + The gel gives your hair a gloss. + You can have the photos with either a gloss or a matt finish. + Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.
2 [U] (often in compounds) a substance designed to make sth shiny: lip gloss
3 (also gloss paint) [U] paint which, when dry, has a hard shiny surface: two coats of gloss
4 [U, sing.] an attractive appearance that is only on the surface and hides what is not so attractive: Beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life. + This scandal has taken the gloss off the occasion.
5 [C] ~ (on sth) a way of explaining sth to make it seem more attractive or acceptable: The director puts a Hollywood gloss on the civil war.
6 [C] ~ (on sth) a note or comment added to a piece of writing to explain a difficult word or phrase
+ verb [VN] ~ sth (as sth) to add a note or comment to a piece of writing to explain a difficult word, phrase or idea
Phrasal Verbs: gloss over sth to avoid talking about sth unpleasant or embarrassing by not dealing with it in detail: to gloss over a problem / difficulty / situation + He glossed over any splits in the party.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 sheen, lustre, polish, glow, glaze, shine, gleam, burnish, brightness:
I prefer a dull gloss to a high polish on furniture.
2 show, façade, mask, front, surface, veneer, disguise, camouflage, false appearance, semblance:
She soon saw through the gloss, and the honeymoon was over.
v.
3 glaze, polish, burnish, shine:
Gloss up your shoes a bit.
4 Usually, gloss over. veil, cover up, smooth over, conceal, hide, disguise, camouflage, mask, Colloq whitewash:
He tried to gloss over his voting record.
n.
1 explanation, interpretation, exegesis, explication, definition, elucidation, comment, commentary, annotation, critique, criticism, analysis, footnote; translation:
Some editions of Shakespeare give glosses of difficult words and phrases at the foot of each page.
v.
2 comment on or upon, explain, interpret, explicate, define, elucidate, annotate, criticize, analyse, review, US critique; translate:
Johnson was not the first to gloss the word 'pastern'.
3 See gloss, 4, above.
glossaryn.
gloss, (specialized or special-subject) dictionary, wordbook, word-list:
There is a useful glossary of terms at the end of the book.
Collocation
ADJ.
clear, high
Use a high gloss paint.
| healthy, natural
Your hair has lost its natural gloss.
VERB + GLOSS
add
We used a gel to add gloss to her hair.
| lose
GLOSS + NOUN
finish, paint, varnish
furniture with a dark gloss finish
Concise dictionary
glosses|glossed|glossingglɑs /glɒsnoun
+an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
+an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
+the property of being smooth and shiny
+an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
verb
+give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
+provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
+provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
+gloss or excuse
