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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