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单词 burnish
释义 burnish
 —burnishable,  adj.   —burnishment,  n.  
 /berr"nish/,  v.t.  
  1. to polish (a surface) by friction.
  2. to make smooth and bright.
  3.  Engraving.   to flatten and enlarge the dots of (a halftone) by rubbing with a tool.
  n.  
  4. gloss; brightness; luster: the burnish of brass andirons.
 [1275-1325; ME burnissh < AF burniss-, MF bruniss- (long s. of burnir, brunir to darken, polish), equiv. to brun- BROWN + -iss- -ISH2]
 Syn. 1. buff, shine.
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