furbish
英 ['fɜːbɪʃ]
美['fɝbɪʃ]
- vt. 磨光；恢复；更新
词态变化
第三人称单数: furbishes;过去式: furbished;过去分词: furbished;现在分词: furbishing;
英英释意
- 1. polish and make shiny;
- "buff the wooden floors"
- "buff my shoes"
英文词源
- furbish (v.)
- late 14c. (implied mid-13c. in surname Furbisher), from Old French forbiss-, present participle stem of forbir "to polish, burnish; mend, repair" (12c., Modern French fourbir), from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *furbjan "cause to have a (good) appearance" (compare Old High German furban "to polish"), from PIE *prep- "to appear," which is perhaps identical with *kwrep- "body, appearance" (see corporeal). Related: Furbished; furbishing. The Old English cognate of the Germanic verbs, feormian (with intrusive -m-) meant "clean, rub bright, polish."
实用场景例句
- I wish to furbish up the Russian I learnt at college.
- 我要重温一下我在大学里学过的俄语.
《简明英汉词典》
- If you furbish up these old chairs, you'll have a better chance of selling them.
- 你要是把这些旧椅子擦亮, 就会更好卖些.
《简明英汉词典》
- I wish to furbish up the French I learned at collage.
- 我想重温一下在大学里学过的法语.
互联网
- A married woman returning to teaching needs to furbish up her old skills.
- 重新拿起教鞭的已婚妇女需要重温过去的教书技能.
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