gloss over
短语
大学
v. 掩盖，掩饰；给以光滑的表面
发音
AU
词形变化
glossed over
glosses over
三单
glosses over
glossing over
glossing over
现在分词
glossed over
过去式
glossed over
过去分词
教材释义与例句
动词
掩饰
动词
掩盖；粉饰；掩盖了
释义与例句
v.
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1.
To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
习语 及物They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.
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2.
To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.
习语 及物1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "I am afraid that we are trespassing," said the doctor, awkward between his promise to the girl and the necessity of glossing over the situation. "My friend is interested in antiquities—"
This book only glosses over quantum mechanics; it doesn't go into detail.