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Definition of gloze in English: glozeverb ɡləʊzɡloʊz 1literary with object Make excuses for. 〈罕〉为…找借口；掩饰 the demeanour of Mathews is rather glozed over 马修斯的行为被大大掩饰了。 Example sentencesExamples - Their inappropriateness in their new western setting is glozed over by the statement that they are ‘very old,’ - a statement which might, with equal pertinence if less interest, be made about any pudding-stone from the neighboring hills.
- Normally, spokesmen and chiefs of the Cabinet have the responsibility to gloze over the achievements of the government they represent.
- Perhaps the early nineteenth-century taste for glozing over the physical and instinctively egoistic elements which are present even in virtuous love… is what most separates Balzac from novelists and novel readers of today
- In our hurry and impatience we thus tend to fall into confusion and error unwittingly; the sophist, on the other hand, deliberately glozes over or omits what is not obvious, and hopes to cover up his tracks by means of all the tricks of his trade.
- It does, however, seem probable that Luke has to some extent glozed over the asperity of the controversies within the Church, notably the opposition to Paul and his views as described by Paul himself in Galatians and II Corinthians, in his attempt to emphasise the fundamental unity of the early Church.
Synonyms conceal, cover up, hide, camouflage, disguise, mask, veil, draw a veil over, whitewash 2archaic no object Use ingratiating language. 〈古〉使用讨好（或奉承）的语言 we would not that thou shouldst learn too early how men's tongues can gloze and flatter Synonyms blandishments, honeyed words, smooth talk, soft words, flattery, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling, compliments 3archaic no object Make a comment or comments. 〈古〉注释；评论 tomes of reasoned wrong, glozed on by ignorance
OriginMiddle English: from Old French gloser, from glose 'a gloss, comment', based on Latin glossa (see gloss2). Definition of gloze in US English: glozeverbɡloʊzɡlōz [with object]rare 1Make excuses for. 〈罕〉为…找借口；掩饰 the demeanor of Mathews is rather glozed over 马修斯的行为被大大掩饰了。 Example sentencesExamples - Their inappropriateness in their new western setting is glozed over by the statement that they are ‘very old,’ - a statement which might, with equal pertinence if less interest, be made about any pudding-stone from the neighboring hills.
- Normally, spokesmen and chiefs of the Cabinet have the responsibility to gloze over the achievements of the government they represent.
- It does, however, seem probable that Luke has to some extent glozed over the asperity of the controversies within the Church, notably the opposition to Paul and his views as described by Paul himself in Galatians and II Corinthians, in his attempt to emphasise the fundamental unity of the early Church.
- Perhaps the early nineteenth-century taste for glozing over the physical and instinctively egoistic elements which are present even in virtuous love… is what most separates Balzac from novelists and novel readers of today
- In our hurry and impatience we thus tend to fall into confusion and error unwittingly; the sophist, on the other hand, deliberately glozes over or omits what is not obvious, and hopes to cover up his tracks by means of all the tricks of his trade.
Synonyms conceal, cover up, hide, camouflage, disguise, mask, veil, draw a veil over, whitewash - 1.1archaic no object Use ingratiating or fawning language.
〈古〉使用讨好（或奉承）的语言 Synonyms blandishments, honeyed words, smooth talk, soft words, flattery, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling, compliments - 1.2archaic no object Make a comment or comments.
〈古〉注释；评论
OriginMiddle English: from Old French gloser, from glose ‘a gloss, comment’, based on Latin glossa (see gloss). |