Polish
adj
of Poland or the Poles 波蘭的; 波蘭人的. Polish, n [U]
language of the Poles 波蘭語
written in Polish 用波蘭文寫的.
polish v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (up) (with sth) (cause sth to) become smooth and shiny by rubbing 磨光, 擦亮(某物)
This table-top polishes up nicely. 這個桌面能擦得很亮.
polish (up) wood, furniture, shoes etc with a cloth 用布把木器、 家具、 鞋等擦亮.
2 [Tn] (fig 比喻) improve (sth) by correcting, making small changes or adding new material 修正, 修改, 修飾(某物)
polish a speech, an article, etc 給講稿、 文章等潤色.
3 (phr v) polish sth off (infml 口) finish sth quickly 迅速做完某事
polish off a big plateful of stew 很快吃完一大盤燉菜
polish off the arrears of correspondence 匆匆寫完待覆的信件. polish, n
1
(a) [sing] shiny surface, etc obtained by polishing (磨或擦而成的)光亮的面
a table-top with a good polish 打磨得很亮的桌面.
(b) [sing] action of polishing 磨光; 擦亮; 修飾
give the floor a thorough polish 把地板徹底弄光亮.
(c) [U, C] substance used for polishing 擦光劑; 上光劑
`furniture, `floor, `shoe polish 家具上光蠟、 地板蠟、 鞋油
a tin of metal polish 一罐金屬擦光劑
apply polish to sth 給某物上光.
2 [U] (fig比喻) additional quality of fineness or elegance; refinement文雅; 高雅; 優雅; 優美
an unsophisticated country fellowwho completely lacked polish 全無文雅氣質不懂世故的鄉下人
a crude performance of the symphony, quite without polish 那首交響樂拙劣的演奏, 毫無美感.
3 (idm 習語) spit and polish => spit1.
*['p?li?]a. 波蘭的n. 波蘭人, 上光劑, 光澤, 優雅vt. 擦亮, 擦去, 使完美vi. 擦亮, 變得光亮【化】 拋光劑; 泡立水【醫】 磨光【經】 波蘭語; 波蘭的, 波蘭人的, 波蘭語的相關詞組: polish up give a good polish to sth polish off