| 单词 | burnish |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['bə:niʃ] |
| 解释 | v.擦亮，磨光 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 擦亮，磨光(to become shine by rubbing; polish) 【考】 numb : insensible / burnish : lustrous(使麻木是使没有知觉 的/磨光是使有光泽的) 【记】 联想: burn(烧)+ish, 烧得发亮 【同】 近形词: tarnish(使…失去光 泽); furnish(提供, 装修) |
| 字源 | burnish (v.) early 14c., from Old French burniss- present participle stem of burnir, metathesis of brunir "to shine, gleam, sparkle" (trans.), "to polish, make sparkle, make bright, shine," from brun "brown; polished," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German brun, Old Norse brunn "bright, polished; brown;" see brown (adj.)). The connection to "brown" might be explained if the original objects in mind were wooden ones. Related: Burnished; burnishing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 擦亮(金属), 磨光 = polish 【例】The metal burnishes well 这种金属容易擦亮. 【记】1)brun[闪耀的] －擦亮(金属)2)burn(v 烧)－把金属烧得发亮－磨光 【参】tarnish(v 使...失去光泽); furnish(v 提供, 装修) 【类】numb: insensible = burnish: lustrous使麻木是使没有知觉的 = 磨光是使有光泽的burnish: dull = mar: flawless磨光消除暗淡的 = 破坏消除无缺点的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】furnish 提供装备或家俱furniture,都是新的发亮，擦了又擦的；burn 燃烧的火光使金属看起来发亮 【相关】furbish 擦亮 (与burnish 象) |
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