Polish
['pɒlɪʃ] or ['pɑlɪʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the property of being smooth and shiny.
(noun.) the Slavic language of Poland.
(noun.) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; 'they performed with great polish'; 'I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose'; 'almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art'--Joseph Conrad.
(noun.) a preparation used in polishing.
(verb.) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; 'polish your social manners'.
(verb.) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; 'refine one's style of writing'.
(verb.) make (a surface) shine; 'shine the silver, please'; 'polish my shoes'.
(adj.) of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; 'Polish sausage' .
手打:纳塔利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
(n.) The language of the Poles.
(v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
(v. t.) Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
(v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
(n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
(n.) Anything used to produce a gloss.
(n.) Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
編輯:默里
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Burnish, furbish, rub up, brighten, make glossy.[2]. Refine, civilize.
n. [1]. Lustre, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, splendor.[2]. Grace, refinement, accomplishment, elegance.
整理:莉莲
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Burnish, furbish, levigate, brighten, refine, make_glossy
ANT:Abrade, scratch
編輯:卢克
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make smooth and glossy by rubbing: to refine: to make elegant.—v.i. to become smooth and glossy.—n. a smooth glossy surface: refinement of manners: anything used to produce a polish.—adjs. Pol′ishable; Pol′ished made smooth by rubbing: trained to act with great fineness and exactness: refined: polite.—ns. Pol′isher one who or that which polishes; Pol′ishing-paste polishing material made in the form of paste; Pol′ishing-pow′der polishing material made in the form of powder as whiting diamond-dust &c.; Pol′ishing-slate a mineral used for polishing glass marble and metals composed chiefly of silica with a little alumina lime oxide of iron and water; Pol′ishment.
adj. relating to Poland or to its people.
錄入:赖安
例句/造句/用法:
- Again you find us, Miss Summerson, said he, using our little arts to polish, polish! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The Polish language was banned, and the Greek Orthodox church was substituted for the Roman Catholic as the State religion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- There's polish! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I mean to begin from this day to cultivate, to polish, and we shall see. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They only give a little polish. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Not fit to polish the teeth of her grandmother's cat! 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The daguerreotype was made on a thin sheet of copper, silver plated on one side, polished to a high degree of brilliancy, and made sensitive by exposing it to the fumes of iodine. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It consisted of a graduated arc of soli d polished brass five inches broad, two inches thick, and with a radius of about six and three quarters feet. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The lofty gateways are graced with statues, and the broad floors are all laid in polished flags of marble. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Certainly, sir; and it has the advantage also of being in vogue amongst the less polished societies of the world. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It is rough compared with a polished mirror. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I was hoping that if the paper on which he wrote was thin, some trace of it might come through upon this polished surface. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Before this latter operation, the finished tapering, smoothing, varnishing and polishing is done by hand. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Or the use of the diamond, or its dust, for polishing it when hard? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The polishing is not necessarily done the same day they are ironed. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Polishing the rough edge of the girdle is rarely done and then usually to conceal a girdle which is too thick or lumpy. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The human body, cloth, leather, metals, wood and grains, everything that needs rubbing, cleaning, painting and polishing, meets the acquaintance of the brush. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The paste does its work faster than the polishing powder, and if the articles are very much corroded it is preferable. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Amy was gratified, but of course didn't show it, and demurely answered, Foreign life polishes one in spite of one's self. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
編輯:韦斯利