glossy

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gloss·y1 /ˈɡlɒsi $ ˈɡlɒːsi, ˈɡlɑːsi/ adjectiveadj

1 SHINYshiny and smooth 有光泽的，光滑的

her glossy black hair

她那亮泽的黑发

the glossy surface of the leaves

叶子光亮的表面

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2. glossy magazine/brochure etc a magazine etc printed on good-quality shiny paper, usually with lots of colour pictures 用高光纸印刷的杂志/小册子等

Examples from the Corpus

glossy magazine/brochure etc• I had read the literature, listened to the tape and examined the glossy brochure.• I have simply refined the role of glossy magazines.• You may obtain snapshots using scissors and your favorite glossy magazine.• They strike beautiful poses that could go unaltered into glossy magazines but tell us little about them.• A glossy magazine designed to satisfy the CEOs ego may go wide of the mark with the factory workers.• Yes, the glossy magazines should avoid using images of clearly under-nourished models or promoting the heroin-chic look.• Chapanis suggested that computers are not quite as easy to work as the glossy brochures suggest.• It can be seen smiling from the cover of glossy magazines that celebrate celebrity as much as sport.

3 ATTRACTsomething that is glossy has an attractive appearance on the surface that may hide something less pleasant 浮华的，虚有其表的

a glossy election campaign

浮华的竞选活动

—glossiness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

glossy• This, according to the glossy advertising material and high-tech television commercials, could solve all your company's presentation problems.• Next the wings emerged, first crumpled ribbons, then glossy and smooth.• glossy black hair• Her hair was a thick glossy bush of pale fawn brown, not quite shoulder-length.• Cast coated art paper with a exceptionally glossy coated finish usually on one side only.• Simply spray Hot Shapes on to clean, dry hair before setting to get instant hold with a glossy finish.• Then I'd look at the fields of beans, glossy in the moonlight, hanging fat and glossy.• There was a stack of glossy magazines on the coffee table.• Film critics are calling the movie a glossy melodrama.• She stroked the horse's long glossy neck.• Look for well-cleaned birds with glossy skin.

glossy2 noun (plural glossies) [countableC usually plural]

1. (also glossy magazine) British EnglishBrETCN a magazine that is printed on good-quality shiny paper, usually with lots of colour pictures 用高光纸印刷的杂志

2. TCPa photograph printed on shiny paper 光纸相片，光面相片

Examples from the Corpus

glossy• an 8" by 10" glossy of Frank Sinatra• We've seen her golden smile on the cover of Tatler and her figure in dozens of fashion glossies.

gloss·y1 adjectiveadjglossy2 noun

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