| 单词 | polish |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pɔliʃ] |
| 解释 | v.把…擦光亮，抛光；n.上光剂；(态度等)优雅 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 把…擦光亮(to make smooth and glossy: burnish)；n. 上光剂(a preparation that is used to polish sth.)；(态度等)优雅(freedo m from rudeness or coarseness) 【考】 circumspect : prudence / urbane : polish(谨慎的[人]谨慎/文 雅的[人]文雅)lustrous : polish / pure : refine(抛光使有光泽/提纯 使纯)反义词：gaucheness( 粗鲁) 【例】 She plays the piano with great polish.她钢琴弹得优 雅之极. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 把...磨光(用擦拭或化学反应使平滑); n (风度或举止的)优雅 【记】源于polish(adj 波兰的)波兰人特别优雅 【类】circumspect: prudence = urbane: polish谨慎的人谨慎 = 文雅的人文雅lustrous: polish = pure: refine抛光造成有光泽的 = 提纯造成纯的 【反】gaucheness(n 笨拙; 粗鲁) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】publish 出版新书都需要反复polish(推敲，打磨), 封面也是磨的闪闪发光的。 【相关】burnish 磨光, 擦亮 |
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