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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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. [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\, 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\, 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.

Glossa \Glos"sa\, n.; pl. {Gloss?}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the tongue.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See {Hymenoptera}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

gloss
     n 1: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
          [syn: {rubric}]
     2: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized
        field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a
        text on that field [syn: {glossary}]
     3: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: {polish}, {glossiness},
         {burnish}]
     4: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
        misleading; "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" [syn: {semblance}, {color}, {colour}]

gloss
     v 1: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
     2: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He
        annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: {comment},
         {annotate}]
     3: provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
     4: gloss or excuse; "color a lie" [syn: {color}, {colour}]