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polishing 音标拼音: [p'ɑlɪʃɪŋ] 抛光 抛光 polishing n 1: the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; " the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; " every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing" [ synonym: { shining}, { polishing}] Polishing \ Pol" ish* ing\, a. & n. from { Polish}. [ 1913 Webster] { Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. { Polishing slate}. ( a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. ( b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. { Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. { Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface. [ 1913 Webster]
Polish \ Pol" ish\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Polished}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Polishing}.] [ F. polir, L. polire. Cf. { Polite}, {- ish}] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { To polish off}, to finish completely, as an adversary. [ Slang] -- W. H. Russell. [ 1913 Webster]
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