burnish
verb (formal)- burnish something
to polish metal until it is smooth and shiny 磨光,擦亮(金属) Oxford Collocations DictionaryBurnish is used with these nouns as the object:- credentials
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir ‘make brown’, from brun ‘brown’.