burnish
美音:
[´bə:nıʃ
]英音:
[´bə:nıʃ
]vt.磨光,擦亮(金属)
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burnish为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:burnisher 动词过去式:burnished 过去分词:burnished 现在分词:burnishing 第三人称单数:burnishes
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burnish
/'bɜ:nɪʃ; `bɝnɪʃ/
v [Tn] make (metal) smooth and shiny by rubbing; polish 将(金属)打磨光亮; 抛光
*burnished copper 经过抛光的铜.
burnish
v [T]formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: brunir 'to make brown, cause to shine', from brun 'brown']
to polish metal or another substance until it shines
to work hard in order to improve something
He missed no opportunity to burnish his image.
>burnishedadj