单词 | polished |
释义 | polished (once / 401 pages) 1adj 2adj WORD FAMILY polished: unpolished+/polish: polished, polisher, polishes, polishing/polisher: polishers/polishing: polishings USAGE EXAMPLESA popular choice in lobbies and restaurants, the polished material also suits a home’s foyer, kitchen or bathroom. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Flowers is a similar type of threat, though he might be a slightly better runner and a little less polished in the passing game. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Ms. Trump served as a more polished emissary of her father’s messages during the campaign, and she is under pressure to bring jobs home. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1adj perfected or made shiny and smooth his polished prose in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes freshly polished silver Syn|Ant bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shinymade smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow finished(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected unpolished not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing dullemitting or reflecting very little light rawuntempered and unrefined roughnot perfected unburnishedof metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction unrefined(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth 2adj (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth Syn dressed finished (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state 3adj showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience 2his polished manner Syn refined, svelte, urbane sophisticated having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire adj (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed polished rice Syn milled processed prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process |
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