gloss
英 [glɒs]
美 [ɡlɑs]
- n. 光彩；注释；假象
- vt. 使光彩；掩盖；注释
- n. (Gloss)人名；(德、西、捷)格洛斯
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1. gloss English has two words gloss. The one meaning 'shining surface' is of unknown origin, although no doubt it belongs ultimately to the general nexus of words beginning gl- which mean broadly 'bright, shining'.
2. gloss 'explanation, definition' goes back to Greek glossa 'tongue' => 'mouthpiece, obscure word, language'. This developed the secondary sense 'language' (as English tongue itself has done), and was borrowed by Latin as glossa meaning 'obsolete or obscure or foreign word needing an explanation', and eventually the 'explanation' itself.
3. 谐音“光裸色”------由光形成的裸色，很有光泽感。
4. glossary => gloss.
5. gl- "光"----与“光”有关的词根、单词。
6. words beginning gl- which mean broadly 'bright, shining'.
7. glow => gloss.
8. 谐音“割了舌”-----gloss-, glott- "舌头"。
9. 谐音“葛老师、哥乐释”-----葛老师经常给我们解释、作注解，哥哥很乐意给我解释、作注解。
10. 谐音“光loss”----光、光泽减损、耗损了。
gloss 光泽，注释1.光泽，词源同glass, glow.
2.注释，来自拉丁语glossa, 舌头，外来词，注释。
- gloss
- gloss: English has two words gloss. The one meaning ‘shining surface’ [16] is of unknown origin, although no doubt it belongs ultimately to the general nexus of words beginning gl- which mean broadly ‘bright, shining’. Forms such as Icelandic glossi ‘spark’ and Swedish dialect glossa ‘glow’ suggest a Scandinavian origin. Gloss ‘explanation, definition’ [16] goes back to Greek glossa ‘tongue’, source also of English epiglottis [17].
This developed the secondary sense ‘language’ (as English tongue itself has done), and was borrowed by Latin as glōssa meaning ‘foreign word needing an explanation’, and eventually the ‘explanation’ itself. It passed into English via medieval Latin glōsa and Old French glose as gloze in the 14th century, and was reformulated as gloss on the basis of classical Latin glōssa in the 16th century. Glossary [14] comes from the Latin derivative glossārium.
=> epiglottis, glossary - gloss (n.1)
- "glistening smoothness, luster," 1530s, probably from Scandinavian (compare Icelandic glossi "flame," related to glossa "to flame"), or obsolete Dutch gloos "a glowing," from Middle High German glos; probably ultimately from the same source as English glow (v.). Superficial lustrous smoothness due to the nature of the material (unlike polish, which is artificial).
- gloss (n.2)
- "word inserted as an explanation, translation, or definition," c. 1300, glose (modern form from 1540s; earlier also gloze), from Late Latin glossa "obsolete or foreign word," one that requires explanation; later extended to the explanation itself, from Greek glossa (Ionic), glotta (Attic) "language, a tongue; word of mouth, hearsay," also "obscure or foreign word, language," also "mouthpiece," literally "the tongue" (as the organ of speech), from PIE *glogh- "thorn, point, that which is projected" (source also of Old Church Slavonic glogu "thorn," Greek glokhis "barb of an arrow").
Glosses were common in the Middle Ages, usually rendering Hebrew, Greek, or Latin words into vernacular Germanic, Celtic, or Romanic. Originally written between the lines, later in the margins. By early 14c. in a bad sense, "deceitful explanation, commentary that disguises or shifts meaning." This sense probably has been colored by gloss (n.1). Both glossology (1716) and glottology (1841) have been used in the sense "science of language." - gloss (v.)
- c. 1300, glosen "use fair words; speak smoothly, cajole, flatter;" late 14c. as "comment on (a text), insert a word as an explanation, interpret," from Medieval Latin glossare and Old French gloser, from Late Latin glossa (see gloss (n.2)). Modern spelling from 16c.; formerly also gloze.
The other verb, meaning "to add luster, make smooth and shining," is from 1650s, from gloss (n.1). Figurative sense of "smooth over, hide" is from 1729, mostly from the first verb, in its extended sense of "explain away, veil or shift the meaning of," but showing influence of the second. Related: Glossed; glossing.
- 1. Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
- 一些外国政府似乎很乐于掩盖不断出现的侵犯人权现象。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The whole idea was to give history a happy gloss.
- 整个想法就是要粉饰历史。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.
- 她在眼睑上涂了些亮彩眼影。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. paper with a high gloss on one side
- 单面上光纸
来自《权威词典》
- 5. John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.
- 约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点,但是没有用.
来自《简明英汉词典》
