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burnish

/bur-nish/US // ˈbɜr nɪʃ //UK // (ˈbɜːnɪʃ) //

抛光,擦拭,擦亮,抛光处理

Related Words

shine发光,闪闪发光,闪耀,闪闪发亮rub擦,摩擦,擦擦,擦伤glaze釉面,釉料,釉里红,釉面处理furbish翻新,翻新的,扰乱,翻修gloss光泽度,光亮度,词汇量,词汇smooth顺利,顺畅,畅通,平滑wax蜡像,蜡,蜡质,蜡笔小新glance瞥一眼,一览表,一览,一瞥luster光泽,光泽度,光彩,光彩夺目sheen油光,光泽,油光泽,光泽度buff缓冲区,缓冲,缓冲器,缓冲剂patina铜锈色,铜锈,铜锈斑,铜锈斑斑

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to polish by friction.
    • : to make smooth and bright.
    • : Engraving. to flatten and enlarge the dots of by rubbing with a tool.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : gloss; brightness; luster: the burnish of brass andirons.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbpolish, brighten
Forms: burnished
Synonyms
buff缓冲区,缓冲,缓冲器,缓冲剂furbish翻新,翻新的,扰乱,翻修glance瞥一眼,一览表,一览,一瞥glaze釉面,釉料,釉里红,釉面处理gloss光泽度,光亮度,词汇量,词汇luster光泽,光泽度,光彩,光彩夺目patina铜锈色,铜锈,铜锈斑,铜锈斑斑rub擦,摩擦,擦擦,擦伤sheen油光,光泽,油光泽,光泽度shine发光,闪闪发光,闪耀,闪闪发亮smooth顺利,顺畅,畅通,平滑wax蜡像,蜡,蜡质,蜡笔小新put on a finish涂饰,涂改,涂抹完成,涂抹

Examples

  • Sandoval has also managed to burnish his image with a patina of integrity in the scandal-scarred Silver State.

  • This means that even women who are not employed in factories will get the chance to burnish career-building skills.

  • At this point, it is the only way for the Brothers to burnish their revolutionary credentials.

  • For Palin, of course, Israel also offers a chance to burnish her famously weak foreign policy credentials.

  • In 1961, Kennedy took a Latin American trip to burnish credentials for a 1962 Senate bid.

  • Sainton, more annoyed than he cared to show, drew his long neglected sword and began to burnish it affectionately.

  • How strangly does it burnish a Character, and oblige ones Reputation?

  • The lectern he had done his best to burnish; but it was still a cripple from the fire.

  • They could burnish gold and it stays as bright as when it was first applied to the leaves, even after seven centuries.

  • With the pallid first,And next the burnish'd, he so ply'd the gate,As to content me well.

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