polish

英['pɒlɪʃ] 美['pɑlɪʃ]
  • n. 磨光,擦亮;擦亮剂;优雅,精良
  • vi. 擦亮,变光滑
  • vt. 磨光,使发亮;使完美; 改进
  • v. 磨光;修改;润色
  • adj. 波兰的

词态变化


第三人称单数: polishes;过去式: polished;过去分词: polished;现在分词: polishing;

助记提示


1. 英语polish的译音。旧译作“泡立司”。即虫胶清漆。参见“ 虫胶清漆 ”虫胶清漆:又名泡立水、酒精凡立水,也简称漆片。
2. 记法 1: polish音“跑来洗”→跑过来洗车→擦亮

中文词源


polish 擦亮,抛光

来自古法语poliss-,装饰,擦亮,使整洁,来自拉丁语polire,装饰,使整洁,来自PIE*pel,推,击打,驱动,踩踏,词源同impel,compel,fuller(漂洗工,洗衣工)。

英文词源


polish
polish: [13] Latin polīre ‘make smooth and shiny’ is the ultimate source of English polish. It passed into Old French as polir, whose stem form was poliss- – whence polish. The element -pol- of English interpolate is related to polīre.
=> interpolate, polite
polish (v.)
early 14c., polischen "make smooth," from Old French poliss-, present participle stem of polir (12c.) "to polish, decorate, see to one's appearance," from Latin polire "to polish, make smooth; decorate, embellish;" figuratively "refine, improve," said to be from Proto-Indo-European *pel- "to thrust, strike, drive" (via the notion of fulling cloth). The sense of "free from coarseness, to refine" first recorded in English mid-14c. Related: Polished; polishing. Slang polish off "finish" is 1837, from notion of applying a coat of polish being the final step in a piece of work.
polish (n.)
1590s, "absence of coarseness," from polish (v.). From 1704 as "act of polishing;" 1819 as "substance used in polishing."
Polish (adj.)
1670s, from Pole + -ish. Related: Polishness. Polish-American attested from 1898.

双语例句


1. Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood.
那些牺牲者被称为波兰男子中的精英。

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2. The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts.
总统说通西方免除波兰的债务。

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3. The opera lacks the polish of his later work.
这部歌剧不及他晚期作品娴熟。

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4. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。

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5. He gave his counter a polish with a soft duster.
他用软抹布擦亮了自己的柜台。

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