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 burnishing ['bɚnɪʃ添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 磨擦抛火

[计] 抛光, 压印


  1. The copper has been burnished.
    铜已被抛光。
  2. He is burnishing the knife.
    他正在磨刀。
  3. He accused the prime minister of burnishing his own image while foldingunder pressure.
    他指责总理一方面在压力下退缩,一方面给自己脸上贴金。



Burnish \Bur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burnished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Burnishing}.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF.
burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun
brown, fr. OHG. br?n; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish.
See {Brown}, a.]
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and
smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.

The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare
From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
--Dryden.

Now the village windows blaze,
Burnished by the setting sun. --Cunningham.

{Burnishing machine}, a machine for smoothing and polishing
by compression, as in making paper collars.

  1. When the coins come out of the ancient burnishing machine, they are as bright as the day they were minted.
  2. Since the crash, many pundits have been burnishing their image and sniping at one another.
  3. Nervous staff at the London headquarters, who have heard also of his irascibility, are presumably even now burnishing their shields.
  4. Sakharov both has praised Gorbachev's actions as "deserving of respect," thereby burnishing the Soviet President's image in the West, and demanded more for the activists who remain in prison or in psychiatric institutions.
  5. And she asserts that the first lady's image doesn't need any burnishing.
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