polish

英 ['pɒlɪʃ] 美['pɑlɪʃ]

n. 磨光，擦亮；擦亮剂；优雅，精良
vi. 擦亮，变光滑
vt. 磨光，使发亮；使完美; 改进
v. 磨光；修改；润色
adj. 波兰的

近义词 wax furbish rub shine glaze burnish gloss buff

反义词 tarnish

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英英释义

1. the property of being smooth and shiny

2. 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

3. a preparation used in polishing

词组搭配

polish off 【非正式用语】

To finish or dispose of quickly and easily.

迅速地完成：很快且轻易地做完或抛掉

考试真题

A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to get closer to perfection.

The Russian, Greek and Polish storks flew as far as South Africa, while those from Spain, Tunisia and Germany flew only as far as the Sahel.

It is a language that has its origin in ancient Polish.

It was created by Ludwig Lazar Zamenhof, a Polish Jewish doctor specialized in eye diseases

I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table.

实用场景例句

furniture/floor/shoe/silver polish: 家具上光漆；地板蜡；鞋油；银光剂

wax polish: 亮光蜡

I give it a polish now and again.: 我不时把它擦亮。

She played the cello with the polish of a much older musician.: 她所演奏的大提琴颇有资深音乐家的风格。

Polish shoes regularly to protect the leather.: 要经常擦鞋，以保护皮革。

He polished his glasses with a handkerchief.: 他用手绢揩拭眼镜。

The statement was carefully polished and checked before release.: 这项声明是经仔细润色检查后才发表的。

The hotel has polished up its act (= improved its service) since last year.: 这家酒店自去年以来已经改善了服务水平。

He polished off the remains of the apple pie.: 他把剩下的苹果派赶快吃完。

The still air smelt faintly of furniture polish.: 凝滞的空气中隐隐有股家具上光剂的味道。

...soap powders, detergents, and polishes.: 肥皂粉、洗涤剂和擦亮剂

Each morning he shaved and polished his shoes...: 他每天早晨都刮脸、擦鞋。

He removed his glasses and began polishing them with his handkerchief.: 他摘下眼镜，开始用手帕擦拭。

The opera lacks the polish of his later work.: 这部歌剧不及他晚期作品娴熟。

They just need to polish their technique.: 他们只是需要改进一下技巧。

Go straight ahead until you see a big building on your left.: 朝前直走直到看见左边有一座大楼.

I'm going to New York, so I must polish up my English.: 我要去纽约, 因此我必须提高英语水平.

I find it hard to get my tongue round these Polish names.: 我发现很难把这些波兰名字音发准确.

Use brown polish on these shoes.: 用棕色的鞋油擦这双鞋.

This car could do with a good polish.: 这部车需要好好擦一擦.

We entered a dark cavern redolent with manly scents — gun oil and cigar smoke and boot polish.: 我们进入一个昏暗的洞穴,里面充满了男人的气味——枪油、雪茄烟味和擦靴子油味.

The polish is rubbed off.: 上光蜡被擦掉了.

Apply a little wax polish.: 涂一点蜡油.

The wood won't polish.: 这种木材无法磨光.

Would you please polish my article right now?: 您现在把我的文章润色一下好吗 ?

We can soon polish off that job.: 我们能很快干完那工作.

中文词源

polish 擦亮，抛光

来自古法语poliss-,装饰，擦亮，使整洁，来自拉丁语polire,装饰，使整洁，来自PIE*pel,推，击打，驱动，踩踏，词源同impel,compel,fuller(漂洗工，洗衣工)。

助记提示

1. 英语polish的译音。旧译作“泡立司”。即虫胶清漆。参见“ 虫胶清漆 ”虫胶清漆：又名泡立水、酒精凡立水，也简称漆片。
2. 记法 1: polish音“跑来洗”→跑过来洗车→擦亮

双语例句

1. Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood.: 那些牺牲者被称为波兰男子中的精英。

2. The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts.: 总统说通西方免除波兰的债务。

3. The opera lacks the polish of his later work.: 这部歌剧不及他晚期作品娴熟。

4. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.: 她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。

5. He gave his counter a polish with a soft duster.: 他用软抹布擦亮了自己的柜台。

英文词源

polish: polish: [13] Latin polīre ‘make smooth and shiny’ is the ultimate source of English polish. It passed into Old French as polir, whose stem form was poliss- – whence polish. The element -pol- of English interpolate is related to polīre.
=> interpolate, polite
polish (v.): early 14c., polischen "make smooth," from Old French poliss-, present participle stem of polir (12c.) "to polish, decorate, see to one's appearance," from Latin polire "to polish, make smooth; decorate, embellish;" figuratively "refine, improve," said to be from Proto-Indo-European *pel- "to thrust, strike, drive" (via the notion of fulling cloth). The sense of "free from coarseness, to refine" first recorded in English mid-14c. Related: Polished; polishing. Slang polish off "finish" is 1837, from notion of applying a coat of polish being the final step in a piece of work.
polish (n.): 1590s, "absence of coarseness," from polish (v.). From 1704 as "act of polishing;" 1819 as "substance used in polishing."
Polish (adj.): 1670s, from Pole + -ish. Related: Polishness. Polish-American attested from 1898.

词态变化

第三人称单数: polishes;过去式: polished;过去分词: polished;现在分词: polishing;