| 单词 | to polish off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto polish off 4. transitive. colloquial. to polish off: to complete or consume quickly or easily (cf. sense 1d); to get rid of, destroy, or kill. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > quickly expedite1471 depeach1483 dispatchc1515 dispeed1626 to polish off1827 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate fornimOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 unroot?a1425 out-razec1425 to pluck up1484 avell1530 sweep1560 depopulate1576 ruina1586 assoil1596 to lay aside1596 untop1598 displant1603 float1606 to take off1619 amolish1624 uproota1639 eradicate1647 to lay by1681 to polish off1827 uprend1911 to zero out1951 1827 W. Wheeler Let. 17 May (1951) 262 The brig was in good time to polish off the rough work Cochrane had made on her, whilst the Hellenus went after another 74. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 268 Mayn't I polish that ere Job off, in the front garden? 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 282 The two between them could polish off a bottle of sherry in less time. 1921 V. Woolf Diary 17 Apr. (1977) II. 112 Now I must write to Lytton & polish off a review. 1951 D. Du Maurier My Cousin Rachel xiv. 161 I polished off the last of the sweet cakes that had been put before the visitors. 1996 Mail on Sunday 28 Apr. (You Mag.) 34 Realising that it would be considered rude to leave any of the drink, she swiftly polished it off. < as lemmas |
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