polish sth
通常指使表面光亮。
She polished her shoes before the interview.
她在面试前擦亮了鞋子。
擦亮；磨光；抛光
polished — past of polish
润色；完善；使文雅；给…擦鞋油；擦鞋；变得光亮；变光滑；擦亮；通过摩擦、清洁或研磨使表面非常光滑或有光泽。；精炼；去除瑕疵。
to make the surface of something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
擦亮；通过摩擦、清洁或研磨使表面非常光滑或有光泽。
To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
精炼；去除瑕疵。
To refine; remove imperfections from.
给鞋擦鞋油。
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
变得光滑,如因摩擦；获得光泽；呈现光滑有光泽的表面。
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
精炼；去除粗鲁、粗糙或乡土气；使文雅有礼。
To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
一般现在时
She polishes her shoes every morning.
她每天早上擦亮她的鞋子。
一般过去时
He polished the silverware yesterday.
他昨天把银器擦亮了。
现在完成时
They have polished the floor to a shine.
他们已经把地板擦得锃亮。
规则动词，注意区分名词和动词发音不同。
I need to polish my shoes before the interview.
面试前我需要把皮鞋擦亮。
用法提示：polish 在此作及物动词，表示“擦亮（鞋等）”。
She polished the silver until it shone.
她把银器擦得闪闪发光。
用法提示：polished 是 polish 的过去式，表示“擦亮、磨光”。
He spends an hour polishing his car every Sunday.
他每个星期天都花一小时擦亮他的汽车。
用法提示：polishing 是 polish 的现在分词，表示“擦拭使光亮”。
通常指使表面光亮。
She polished her shoes before the interview.
她在面试前擦亮了鞋子。
用于技能或作品的改进。
He polished up his presentation skills.
他打磨了他的演讲技巧。
表示使用某种工具或材料。
I polished the table with a soft cloth.
我用软布擦了桌子。
非正式用语，表示迅速完成（常指食物）。
They polished off the entire pizza in ten minutes.
他们十分钟内吃光了整个比萨饼。
shine 更强调发光效果，常用于一般擦拭；polish 更侧重使用抛光剂达到光滑和光泽。
buff 通常指用软布或海绵轻柔擦拭以产生光泽，动作更轻柔。
burnish 多用于金属或石头等硬质表面，通过摩擦使其发亮。
gloss 常指给表面涂上一层光亮剂或油漆，使其有光泽。
grammar · medium
易错句子I polished on my shoes.
正确表达I polished my shoes.
polish是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词'on'。中文中'擦亮鞋子'直接对应polish the shoes。
grammar · medium
易错句子The shoes are polishing.
正确表达The shoes are being polished.
表示'鞋子正在被擦亮'时，应用被动语态are being polished，因为鞋子是动作的承受者。
针对“擦亮、抛光（使表面光滑闪亮）”义；tarnish 指（尤其金属）表面失去光泽。
针对“擦亮、抛光”义；dull 与 polish 相对，表示使表面不再明亮。
针对“磨光、使平滑”义；roughen 表示使表面变粗糙，是 polish 的反向动作。
Polish 大写 P 指波兰的或波兰人/波兰语，而 polish 小写 p 是动词‘擦亮’或名词‘光泽’。拼写相同但大小写和意义不同。
擦皮鞋
He polished his shoes before the interview.
面试前他擦亮了皮鞋。
擦亮银器
They polished the silver for the dinner party.
他们为晚宴擦亮了银器。
擦亮地板
She polished the floor until it gleamed.
她把地板擦得锃亮。
磨炼技能
You should polish your presentation skills.
你应该磨炼你的演讲技巧。
润色演讲稿
He spent hours polishing his speech.
他花了几个小时润色演讲稿。
把……打磨到完美
She polished her essay to perfection.
她把文章打磨得尽善尽美。
polish + -er
polish + -ed
un- + polish + -ed
re- + polish
polish + -ing
-olish
-olish
-ish
-ish
-ish
-ish
常用于给家具、地板等打蜡上光的材料。
擦拭或打磨表面时使用的工具。
木制家具常需要擦亮保养。
擦鞋油是polish的常见用途。
打磨的对象通常是物体的表面。
快速做完；狼吞虎咽地吃完
She polished off the entire cake in ten minutes.
她十分钟就吃光了整块蛋糕。
改进；润色；提高
You should polish up your English before the trip.
旅行前你应该提高一下你的英语。
彻底擦洗；注重整洁外观
The barracks were kept with daily spit and polish.
营房每天都被擦洗得一尘不染。
你没法把一坨屎打磨光亮。
When he tried to make the old broken plan sound like a brilliant investment, I told him you can't polish a turd.
当他试图把那个老掉牙的破计划说成绝妙投资时，我告诉他：没法把一坨屎打磨光亮。
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