Glossy

Definition

gloss 1 / glɒs / n ၁။ (က) [U, sing] အရည္လဲ့၍ ေျပာင္လက္ ေတာက္ပျခင္း။ ရႊန္းလဲ့ေတာက္ပျခင္း။ wood polished to a high gloss ❍ the gloss on sb's hair. (ခ) [U] (often in compounds) အေရာင္တင္ဆီ။ ေျပာင္လက္ ေတာက္ပေအာင္ အေခ်ာသပ္ျခင္း။ lip-gloss ❍ varnishes available in gloss, satin and matt ❍ a gloss finish (ie a shiny surface left after painting, processing, etc). (ဂ) [U] ေျခာက္လွ်င္ ေျပာင္လက္ေသာသုတ္ေဆး။ a tin of gloss (paint) ❍ two coats of gloss. Compare MATT ၂။ [U, sing] အေပၚယံ ေရႊမႈန္ႀကဲထားျခင္း။ the gloss and glitter of Hollywood ❍ put a diplomatic gloss on the results of the enquiry ❍ The affair took some of the gloss off the company's image. Compare VENEER ၂ ❏ gloss over sth [ PHRV ] ေဖာ့ေျပာသည္။ gloss over the awkward facts. ❏ glossy adj ( -ier , -iest ) ၁။ ေခ်ာေမြ႕ ေတာက္ပေသာ။ ေႂကြေရာင္ထေသာ။ glossy hair/ photographs ❍ glossy brochures/magazines (ie printed on glossy paper, with many photographs, coloured illustrations, etc and usu expensive). ၂။ ( usu derog ) မ်က္ႏွာပန္းလွ႐ံု ဗန္းျပထားေသာ။ a glossy image ❍ a glossy advertising campaign/ film première. gloss 2 / glɒs / n ~ (on sth) (က) ခက္ဆစ္။ မွတ္စု။ (ခ) ရွင္းလင္းခ်က္။ ဖြင့္ဆိုခ်က္။ The government is trying to put an optimistic gloss on the latest trade figures. v ခက္ဆစ္အေျဖေပးသည္။ a difficult word that needs to be glossed.

Examples

1. A paint that gives a high (=very shiny) gloss
2. Lip gloss
3. Some of the very technical words will need a gloss.
4. [put a gloss on something] : Both sides attempted to put the best possible gloss on the agreement.
5. The newspapers all gave their own gloss on the president’s offer.