polish
n. 擦亮劑; 拋光; 擦光的面; 完美; 文雅
v. 擦光; 修改
Polish is a substance that you put on the surface of an object in order to clean it, protect it, and make it shine.
The still air smelt faintly of furniture polish.
凝滯的空氣中隱隱有股傢俱上光劑的味道。
...soap powders, detergents, and polishes.
肥皂粉、洗滌劑和擦亮劑
If you polish something, you put polish on it or rub it with a cloth to make it shine.
Each morning he shaved and polished his shoes...
他每天早晨都刮臉、擦鞋。
He removed his glasses and began polishing them with his handkerchief.
他摘下眼鏡,開始用手帕擦拭。
If you say that someone has polish, you mean that they show confidence and know how to behave socially.
If you say that a performance or piece of work has polish, you mean that it is of a very high standard.
The opera lacks the polish of his later work.
這部歌劇不及他晚期作品嫻熟。
If you polish your technique, performance, or skill at doing something, you work on improving it.
They just need to polish their technique.
他們只是需要改進一下技巧。
1. the property of being smooth and shiny
2. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;
3. a preparation used in polishing
1. (of surfaces) make shine;
2. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
3. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
polish off 【非正式用語】
迅速地完成:很快且輕易地做完或拋掉
polish something off
(飛快地)完成
I'm going to New York, so I must polish up my English.
我要去紐約, 因此我必須提高英語水平.
I find it hard to get my tongue round these Polish names.
我發現很難把這些波蘭名字音發準確.
Use brown polish on these shoes.
用棕色的鞋油擦這雙鞋.
This car could do with a good polish.
這部車需要好好擦一擦.
We entered a dark cavern redolent with manly scents — gun oil and cigar smoke and boot polish.
我們進入一個昏暗的洞穴,裡面充滿了男人的氣味——槍油、雪茄煙味和擦靴子油味.