/ˈpɒlɪʃ ||; ˈpɑlɪʃ/verb
[T] to make sth shine by rubbing it and often by putting a special cream or liquid on it (用特别的软膏或液体)磨光,擦亮:
to polish your shoes/a table擦亮鞋子╱桌子polish sth off(informal 非正式) to finish sth, especially food, quickly 迅速完成某事(尤指进食):
The two of them polished off a whole chicken for dinner!他们两个人晚饭吃掉一整只鸡!
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/ˈpɒlɪʃ ||; ˈpɑlɪʃ/noun
1 [U] a cream, liquid, etc that you put on sth to clean it and make it shine 擦亮剂;上光剂;亮光剂:
a tin of shoe polish一罐鞋油☞picture at bucket 见bucket插图
2 [sing] the action of polishing sth 磨光;擦亮:
I'll give the glasses a polishbefore the guests arrive.在宾客到来前,我会把那些玻璃杯擦得亮晶晶的。
polish1/ˋpɑlIʃ; ˈpɒlIʃ/v [T] to make something clean and shiny by rubbing it 擦亮﹐擦光: Dad polished his glasses. 爸爸擦了擦他的眼镜。 —polishing n [U]polish sth off phr v informal to quickly eat or finish all of something【非正式】迅速吃光﹔快速做完: Who polished off the pizza? 谁把比萨饼全吃光了?polish sth up phr v to improve a skill by practising it 改进﹐提高〔技能〕: I need to polish up my French. 我需要练练我的法语。
polish2n 1 [C,U] a substance used for polishing things 擦光剂﹔上光蜡﹔亮漆: shoe polish 鞋油2 [singular 单数] if you give something a polish, you polish it 擦亮﹐磨光NAIL POLISH
polishpolishpolishespolishedpolishing2verb (polishes, polishing, polished)to rub something so that it shines: Have you polished your shoes?polishpolish1noun (no plural)a cream or liquid that you put on something to make it shine: furniture polish