英语词汇“polish off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. So as to exhaust or finish; so as to leave none; to the end; entirely, completely, to a finish; as to clear off, drink off, finish off, pay off, polish off, work off, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > to the end

offeOE

awayOE

outc1175

the world > action or operation > completing > [adverb]

offc1440

consummatively1614

completively1651

perfectively1818

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v Hwær hie..wæteres [hæfden] þæt hie mehten him þurst of adrincan.

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 275 Ebibo, ic of adrince.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15118 To wasshenn offe þeȝȝre lic.

c1440 (?a1400) St. John Evangelist (Thornton) 228 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 104 (MED) Þou..saynede þe coppe owtely and suppede it off syne.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Socrates..compelled of malicious Iudges to take y^e Cup,..and so to drink it off.

1660 A. Marvell Let. 17 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 2 Some seauenteen shipps to be payd of.

1732 J. Swift (title) A proposal to pay off the debt of the nation.

1861 Temple Bar 3 141 Read the Times..and get off by heart that portion..devoted to the news of the money-market.

1890 G. A. Smith Bk. Isaiah II. xii. 202 We do not..kill them off by gladiatorial combats.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 2/3 What is known amongst breeders as ‘feeding off’ for table poultry is a thriving industry.

1992 I. Banks Crow Road xi. 267 I polished off the eclair..and started eyeing up a Danish pastry.

2000 Marie Claire (Johannesburg) Oct. 142/3 This look can be achieved by blowdrying the hair with a flat paddle brush and finished off with a straightening iron.

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.

单词	polish off
释义	> as lemmas polish off a. So as to exhaust or finish; so as to leave none; to the end; entirely, completely, to a finish; as to clear off, drink off, finish off, pay off, polish off, work off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > to the end offeOE awayOE outc1175 the world > action or operation > completing > [adverb] offc1440 consummatively1614 completively1651 perfectively1818 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v Hwær hie..wæteres [hæfden] þæt hie mehten him þurst of adrincan. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 275 Ebibo, ic of adrince. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15118 To wasshenn offe þeȝȝre lic. c1440 (?a1400) St. John Evangelist (Thornton) 228 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 104 (MED) Þou..saynede þe coppe owtely and suppede it off syne. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 47 Socrates..compelled of malicious Iudges to take y^e Cup,..and so to drink it off. 1660 A. Marvell Let. 17 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 2 Some seauenteen shipps to be payd of. 1732 J. Swift (title) A proposal to pay off the debt of the nation. 1861 Temple Bar 3 141 Read the Times..and get off by heart that portion..devoted to the news of the money-market. 1890 G. A. Smith Bk. Isaiah II. xii. 202 We do not..kill them off by gladiatorial combats. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 2/3 What is known amongst breeders as ‘feeding off’ for table poultry is a thriving industry. 1992 I. Banks Crow Road xi. 267 I polished off the eclair..and started eyeing up a Danish pastry. 2000 Marie Claire (Johannesburg) Oct. 142/3 This look can be achieved by blowdrying the hair with a flat paddle brush and finished off with a straightening iron. extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj. to 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. extracted from polishv. < as lemmas
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