Word · Frequency #9525
glossed
使有光泽；给…上光
glossed is the past of gloss.
To give a smooth shiny appearance to something.
- 1.
To give a gloss or sheen to.
使有光泽或光彩
- 2.
To add a gloss to (a text).
给(文本)加注释
- 3.
To make (something) attractive by deception
通过欺骗使某物有吸引力
- 4.
To become shiny.
变得光亮
- 5.
Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
在短语动词中使用:掩盖(错误或罪行,轻描淡写)
给（文本）加注释；注释；粉饰；掩饰；变光亮；发亮；掩饰；搪塞；使有光泽或光彩
In use
The teacher asked us to gloss the difficult words in the margin.
He tried to gloss over his mistake with a joke.
She glossed the ancient manuscript for her research paper.
Verb forms
base gloss · third person glosses · -ing glossing · past glossed · past participle glossed
规则动词，加-ed，-ing，-s构成变体。
Connections
Collocations
- gloss over
- 掩盖，掩饰
- The report glossed over the company's financial problems.这份报告掩盖了公司的财务问题。
- gloss as
- 把…解释为
- The editor glossed the obscure term as 'a type of ancient boat'.编辑把这个晦涩的术语解释为'一种古代船只'。
- gloss with
- 用…注释
- The scholar glossed the manuscript with detailed footnotes.这位学者用详细的脚注注释了手稿。
- gloss the text
- 注释文本
- Students are required to gloss the text for homework.学生需要为作业注释文本。
Idioms & figurative uses
- gloss over
- 掩饰，掩盖（问题或错误）The report glossed over the financial losses.这份报告掩盖了财务损失。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
gloss 意为‘注释’，联想其名词义‘光泽’，就像给晦涩词语‘抛光’，使其清晰易懂。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic、literary analysis、philology 通常用于学术或文学分析中，表示对文本中的难词进行注释或解释。
Grammar Note
及物动词时表示注释或掩盖，不及物动词时表示发光；常与over连用表示掩盖。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the same ending /ɔs/ and rhyme with "gloss". The spelling pattern is "-oss".
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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