/glɒs; ˇlɔs/
n [U, sing]
1 (a) brightness or shine on a smooth surface 平滑表面上的光泽或光亮
*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平滑光亮.
* the gloss on sb's hair 某人头发的光泽.
(b) (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) substance (eg make-up) designed to give such a shine 用以产生光泽的物质（如化妆品）
*`lip-gloss 透明唇膏
* [attrib 作定语] gloss paint, ie paint which, when dry, has a hard shiny surface 光泽涂料
* gloss photographs 光面照片
* a gloss finish, ie a shiny surface (after painting, processing, etc) 上光.
(c) gloss paint 清漆; 光泽涂料
*a tin of gloss 一罐清漆. Cf 参看 matt.
2 (fig 比喻) deceptively good appearance 虚假的外表; 虚饰
*acquire a pleasing social gloss, ie attractive manners, etc 培养社交中体面的风度
* the gloss and glitter of Hollywood 好莱坞的虚荣与豪华
* a gloss of respectability, ie cover for a life of secret wrongdoing 道貌岸然的假象. Cf 参看 veneer 2.

v (phr v) gloss over sth treat sth briefly, or in a superficial or an incomplete way, so as to avoid embarrassing details 简略地、浮皮潦草地或敷衍地处理某事（以求避开难堪的细节）
*gloss over the awkward facts 掩饰令人尴尬的事实.

/glɒs; ˇlɔs/
n ~ (on sth)
1 explanatory comment added to a text; brief definition 注释; 简明注解
*a gloss on a word, phrase, etc 单词、短语等的注释.
2 explanation; interpretation 解释; 阐释
*The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments in the Middle East. 部长对中东局势的最新发展作了另一番解释.

v [Tn] give an explanation or a brief definition of (a word); add a gloss to (a text) 对（一词）作解释或简要释义; 给（一段文字）作注释
*a difficult word that needs to be glossed 需加注释的难词.