polish

noun

/ˈpɒlɪʃ/

/ˈpɑːlɪʃ/

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[uncountable, countable] a substance used when rubbing a surface to make it smooth and shiny擦光剂；上光剂；亮光剂
- furniture/floor/shoe/silver polish家具上光漆；地板蜡；鞋油；银光剂
- wax polish亮光蜡
see also French polish, nail polishTopics Houses and homesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- boot
- furniture
- metal
- …
verb + polish
- apply
- give something
- remove
- …
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[singular] an act of polishing something抛光；上光；擦亮
- I give it a polish now and again.我不时把它抛一抛光。
- You’ll need to give your shoes a good polish.你有必要把鞋好好擦一下。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- boot
- furniture
- metal
- …
verb + polish
- apply
- give something
- remove
- …
See full entry
[singular] the shiny appearance of something after it has been polished擦光的面；打磨光亮的面 synonym lustre, sheen
[uncountable] a high quality of performance achieved with great skill（表演的）完美，娴熟，精湛 synonym brilliance
- She played the cello with the polish of a much older musician.她演奏大提琴颇有资深演奏家的风范。
Topics Languagec2
[uncountable] high standards of behaviour; being polite文雅；优雅；品味；礼貌 synonym refinement
- She thought that her husband’s family lacked polish.她认为她丈夫的家庭缺乏教养。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French poliss-, lengthened stem of polir ‘to polish’, from Latin polire.

Idioms

spit and polish

verb

/ˈpɒlɪʃ/

/ˈpɑːlɪʃ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they polish	/ˈpɒlɪʃ/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃ/
he / she / it polishes	/ˈpɒlɪʃɪz/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃɪz/
past simple polished	/ˈpɒlɪʃt/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
past participle polished	/ˈpɒlɪʃt/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
-ing form polishing	/ˈpɒlɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] to make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it擦光；磨光；抛光
- polish (something) Polish shoes regularly to protect the leather.要经常擦鞋，以保护皮革。
- The gemstones are cut and polished by master craftsmen.宝石由工匠大师切割和抛光。
- She polished the apple on her sleeve.她擦亮袖子上的苹果。
- I spent the morning cleaning and polishing.我花了一上午打扫和抛光。
- polish something with something He polished his glasses with a handkerchief.他用手绢揩拭眼镜。
- polish something up She decided to polish the ring up and find out who it belonged to.她决定把戒指擦亮，看看是谁的。
- be polished + adj. The floor had been polished smooth.地板被磨光了。
see also French polishTopics Houses and homesc1
[transitive] to make changes to something in order to improve it修改；润饰；润色
- polish something The statement was carefully polished and checked before release.这项声明是经仔细润色检查后才发表的。
- polish something up The hotel has polished up its act (= improved its service) since last year.这家酒店自去年以来已经改善了服务水平。