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burnish

美音:[´bə:nıʃ ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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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

近义词, 同义词

smooth  polish  file  shave  level  burnish  glaze  lubricate  oil    

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buff  polish  rub  shine  wax    

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