0 a smooth, shiny appearance on the surface of something:
1 an explanation for a word or phrase:
Difficult expressions are explained in the glosses at the bottom of the page.
2 to provide an explanation for a word or phrase:
3 to paint something with gloss paint:
They glossed the woodwork.
5 an explanation of a word or phrase in a text
Reasons for glossing women's talk about social relationships as 'gossip' rather than 'visiting', and the outcomes of doing so, are explored below.
Discussions about questions that have vexed historians of culture and resistance under dictatorships elsewhere, are glossed over.
Important phases and aspects of selfhood are thus lost or glossed over without sufficient emphasis.
Of course, we cannot ignore the possibility that these glosses are a poor reflection of the status of case categories in the spoken language.
Wars often magnify underlying currents in society, and issues which in peace-time may be glossed over, become more clearly delineated in wartime.
Recent studies have sought to establish more specifically how best to present the glosses.
However, this scenario glosses over some serious problems.
I here use "reason" in a broad sense that glosses over the distinction.
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外表, 光亮,光澤, 光亮漆…
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外表, 光亮,光泽, 高光漆,亮光漆…
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brillo, pintura de esmalte, glosa…
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brilho, tinta brilhante, gloss…
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parlak boya, cila, parlatıcı…
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brillant [masculine], éclat [masculine], lustre [masculine]…
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lesk, lesklý, glosovat…
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glans, skin, emaljelak…
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