Polish

(noun.) the property of being smooth and shiny.

(noun.) the Slavic language of Poland.

(noun.) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; 'they performed with great polish'; 'I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose'; 'almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art'--Joseph Conrad.

(noun.) a preparation used in polishing.

(verb.) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; 'polish your social manners'.

(verb.) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; 'refine one's style of writing'.

(verb.) make (a surface) shine; 'shine the silver, please'; 'polish my shoes'.

(adj.) of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; 'Polish sausage' .

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• Again you find us, Miss Summerson, said he, using our little arts to polish, polish! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The Polish language was banned, and the Greek Orthodox church was substituted for the Roman Catholic as the State religion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• There's polish! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I mean to begin from this day to cultivate, to polish, and we shall see. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They only give a little polish. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Not fit to polish the teeth of her grandmother's cat! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The daguerreotype was made on a thin sheet of copper, silver plated on one side, polished to a high degree of brilliancy, and made sensitive by exposing it to the fumes of iodine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It consisted of a graduated arc of soli d polished brass five inches broad, two inches thick, and with a radius of about six and three quarters feet. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The lofty gateways are graced with statues, and the broad floors are all laid in polished flags of marble. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Certainly, sir; and it has the advantage also of being in vogue amongst the less polished societies of the world. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It is rough compared with a polished mirror. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I was hoping that if the paper on which he wrote was thin, some trace of it might come through upon this polished surface. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Before this latter operation, the finished tapering, smoothing, varnishing and polishing is done by hand. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Or the use of the diamond, or its dust, for polishing it when hard? 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The polishing is not necessarily done the same day they are ironed. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Polishing the rough edge of the girdle is rarely done and then usually to conceal a girdle which is too thick or lumpy. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The human body, cloth, leather, metals, wood and grains, everything that needs rubbing, cleaning, painting and polishing, meets the acquaintance of the brush. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The paste does its work faster than the polishing powder, and if the articles are very much corroded it is preferable. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Amy was gratified, but of course didn't show it, and demurely answered, Foreign life polishes one in spite of one's self. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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