Definition of burnish in English:

burnish

verb ˈbəːnɪʃˈbərnɪʃ

[with object]usually as adjective burnished

1Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.
擦亮
highly burnished armour
擦得锃亮的盔甲。
Example sentencesExamples
- Carefully unwrapping it, she found the hint of dull gold and burnished it on her shirt, the small ruby at the end of the key twinkling in the yellow sunlight.
- The box was fashioned of antique burnished rosewood, with brass cylinders and myriad bells all working in perfectly refined unison.
- The inside of the pot could also be burnished with a smooth pebble or bone to smear the clay particles over each other producing a more watertight vessel.
- In her hand she held a single leaf, burnished gold by the autumnal winds.
- His armor, once immaculately burnished gold, was now tarnished and dented in a dozen locations.
- Typically pierced handles and covers were decorated with different shades of matte or burnished gold, or with bronze luster.
- The inside of the elevator had burnished steel paneling, and the buttons were made of plastic.
- The narrow and steep stone steps in the pagoda have been burnished and made very smooth.
- For nearly 30 years Olive Cox burnished the brass and kept St Peter's Church in Little Cheverell spick and span.
- The motifs lie upon luminous fields of pale color that shift between shades of rose and burnished gold.
- It was burnished silver, and the eyes of the dragon were indeed tiny emeralds, and the dragon's teeth were made of ivory.
- The graphite is readily removed during polishing and in this case the cavities can be either burnished over or enlarged.
- She has a vision of her cattery, its concrete floors burnished like metal.
- Sunlight tracked a path of sparkling white highlights toward the skyline, a light as harsh as if it were reflecting off burnished metal.
- On shelves and bookcases around the flat I could see antique spanners, old sextants, shiny brass things, burnished steel telescopes.
- Water gilding allows the object to be burnished to achieve a polished, shining surface.
- When dry, the gold is burnished with a hooked or rounded tool called a burnisher.
- It is well burnished and/or polished and, based on its core colors, had been incompletely oxidized during its firing.
- Their armor was burnished bright red, and black capes swung over the shoulders and flapped in the light breeze.
- The telltale blue of their family eyes was gone, and in its place was a deep burnished gold.
Synonyms
polish (up), shine, brighten, rub up/down, buff (up), smooth, glaze
archaic furbish
1. 1.1 Enhance or improve.
  a man who took advantage of any opportunity to burnish his image
  Example sentencesExamples
  I suspect that Malcolm is burnishing his image by carefully creating a colorful persona.
  It also bought car-freak Rivera the simultaneous opportunities to burnish business ties and score a speed fix for himself.
  It's about people burnishing and polishing their self-images and their conceptions of how they're regarded by their fellow Man.
  The more you yearn to launch a war, the more you must strive to burnish your image as someone who craves peace.
  Well, he was concerned with burnishing his image, the work that he has done over the last seven years, and, as you say, he feels he's left the intelligence community much stronger than he found it.
  In vain the Communists tried to burnish their image, formally abandoning the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat at their twenty-second party congress in February 1976.
  Her rust red hair fell in a cascade of ringlets that were burnished gold by the kiss of the sun.
  Sounds like he's more interested in burnishing his own image.
  They have thought constantly about each other, but will the real person live up to the idealized image that was burnished into their minds for ten years?
  The book, it seems, has burnished Howe's reputation brighter than ever.
  But he intended not merely to burnish that bulldog image, but to vindicate a much grander and somewhat shakier claim to being the architect of total victory over Nazi Germany.
  It not only burnished the family image but was also his one surpassing business triumph.
  It's fitting, since Mickelson, 34, has done more than any other golfer to burnish his image as a family guy - and it's bringing in the bucks.
  We don't use force just to burnish our reputation or to enhance our credibility.
  Anxious for a return on the investment and for results that may burnish the image of its performance, the Government has advertised an impressive list of the airship's capabilities.
  As long as people have a good time, as long as the community is burnished with an extra polishing of fellow feeling, an event is successful, right?
  Bonds hasn't exactly burnished his image, either.
  For many who desire to burnish their image, money is no object.

noun ˈbəːnɪʃˈbərnɪʃ

The shine on a highly polished surface.
光泽，光亮
Example sentencesExamples
- She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still gleamed.
- The burnish on her medal had begun to fade, and Gunnell had missed her story.
- It provides operators a cost-effective way to use a combination blade to hard finish concrete floors without any burnish marks.
- These blades will not leave any burnish marks on a new floor and are suitable for both floating and finishing.
- And beyond the glitter of opulence, it must also glow with the burnish of remembrance, light up with the luster of nostalgia.
- ‘Look for coatings with a high degree of burnish resistance to stand up to routine cleaning,’ says Rafie.
- By the time Israel Zangwill's play of that name was published in 1908, the ‘melting pot’ had acquired all the burnish of an American ideal.
Synonyms
shine, sheen, lustre, gleam, patina, shininess, glossiness, brightness, brilliance, shimmer, sparkle

Derivatives

burnisher

noun ˈbəːnɪʃəˈbərnɪʃər

Finally, burnishing and polishing of the wood is carried out with burnishers and abrasives of varying texture and refinement.
Example sentencesExamples
- For instance, a manufacturer may recommend that its floor covering be maintained with a high-speed burnisher.
- No former president has had a hankering to be more than a memoirist, or reputation burnisher.
- With these first impressions, I work back into the plate with a scraper, burnisher and emery paper to enhance the lights and accent the motif.
- When dry, the gold is burnished with a hooked or rounded tool called a burnisher.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir 'make brown', from brun 'brown'.

Rhymes

furnish

Definition of burnish in US English:

burnish

verbˈbərnɪʃˈbərniSH

[with object]usually as adjective burnished

1Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.
擦亮
highly burnished armor
擦得锃亮的盔甲。
Example sentencesExamples
- Their armor was burnished bright red, and black capes swung over the shoulders and flapped in the light breeze.
- Carefully unwrapping it, she found the hint of dull gold and burnished it on her shirt, the small ruby at the end of the key twinkling in the yellow sunlight.
- The inside of the pot could also be burnished with a smooth pebble or bone to smear the clay particles over each other producing a more watertight vessel.
- His armor, once immaculately burnished gold, was now tarnished and dented in a dozen locations.
- The inside of the elevator had burnished steel paneling, and the buttons were made of plastic.
- It was burnished silver, and the eyes of the dragon were indeed tiny emeralds, and the dragon's teeth were made of ivory.
- Typically pierced handles and covers were decorated with different shades of matte or burnished gold, or with bronze luster.
- On shelves and bookcases around the flat I could see antique spanners, old sextants, shiny brass things, burnished steel telescopes.
- Sunlight tracked a path of sparkling white highlights toward the skyline, a light as harsh as if it were reflecting off burnished metal.
- The graphite is readily removed during polishing and in this case the cavities can be either burnished over or enlarged.
- When dry, the gold is burnished with a hooked or rounded tool called a burnisher.
- In her hand she held a single leaf, burnished gold by the autumnal winds.
- It is well burnished and/or polished and, based on its core colors, had been incompletely oxidized during its firing.
- Water gilding allows the object to be burnished to achieve a polished, shining surface.
- The motifs lie upon luminous fields of pale color that shift between shades of rose and burnished gold.
- The telltale blue of their family eyes was gone, and in its place was a deep burnished gold.
- She has a vision of her cattery, its concrete floors burnished like metal.
- The narrow and steep stone steps in the pagoda have been burnished and made very smooth.
- The box was fashioned of antique burnished rosewood, with brass cylinders and myriad bells all working in perfectly refined unison.
- For nearly 30 years Olive Cox burnished the brass and kept St Peter's Church in Little Cheverell spick and span.
Synonyms
polish, polish up, shine, brighten, rub down, rub up, buff, buff up, smooth, glaze
1. 1.1 Enhance or perfect (something such as a reputation or a skill).
  〈喻〉提高；加强；完善
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's about people burnishing and polishing their self-images and their conceptions of how they're regarded by their fellow Man.
  In vain the Communists tried to burnish their image, formally abandoning the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat at their twenty-second party congress in February 1976.
  As long as people have a good time, as long as the community is burnished with an extra polishing of fellow feeling, an event is successful, right?
  They have thought constantly about each other, but will the real person live up to the idealized image that was burnished into their minds for ten years?
  I suspect that Malcolm is burnishing his image by carefully creating a colorful persona.
  But he intended not merely to burnish that bulldog image, but to vindicate a much grander and somewhat shakier claim to being the architect of total victory over Nazi Germany.
  Well, he was concerned with burnishing his image, the work that he has done over the last seven years, and, as you say, he feels he's left the intelligence community much stronger than he found it.
  We don't use force just to burnish our reputation or to enhance our credibility.
  Her rust red hair fell in a cascade of ringlets that were burnished gold by the kiss of the sun.
  Sounds like he's more interested in burnishing his own image.
  Anxious for a return on the investment and for results that may burnish the image of its performance, the Government has advertised an impressive list of the airship's capabilities.
  It not only burnished the family image but was also his one surpassing business triumph.
  It's fitting, since Mickelson, 34, has done more than any other golfer to burnish his image as a family guy - and it's bringing in the bucks.
  For many who desire to burnish their image, money is no object.
  The more you yearn to launch a war, the more you must strive to burnish your image as someone who craves peace.
  It also bought car-freak Rivera the simultaneous opportunities to burnish business ties and score a speed fix for himself.
  Bonds hasn't exactly burnished his image, either.
  The book, it seems, has burnished Howe's reputation brighter than ever.

nounˈbərnɪʃˈbərniSH

The shine on a highly polished surface.
光泽，光亮
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Look for coatings with a high degree of burnish resistance to stand up to routine cleaning,’ says Rafie.
- The burnish on her medal had begun to fade, and Gunnell had missed her story.
- And beyond the glitter of opulence, it must also glow with the burnish of remembrance, light up with the luster of nostalgia.
- By the time Israel Zangwill's play of that name was published in 1908, the ‘melting pot’ had acquired all the burnish of an American ideal.
- It provides operators a cost-effective way to use a combination blade to hard finish concrete floors without any burnish marks.
- These blades will not leave any burnish marks on a new floor and are suitable for both floating and finishing.
- She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still gleamed.
Synonyms
shine, sheen, lustre, gleam, patina, shininess, glossiness, brightness, brilliance, shimmer, sparkle

Origin

Middle English: from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir ‘make brown’, from brun ‘brown’.

词汇	burnish
释义	Definition of burnish in English: burnish verb ˈbəːnɪʃˈbərnɪʃ [with object]usually as adjective burnished 1Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing. 擦亮 highly burnished armour 擦得锃亮的盔甲。 Example sentencesExamples Carefully unwrapping it, she found the hint of dull gold and burnished it on her shirt, the small ruby at the end of the key twinkling in the yellow sunlight. The box was fashioned of antique burnished rosewood, with brass cylinders and myriad bells all working in perfectly refined unison. The inside of the pot could also be burnished with a smooth pebble or bone to smear the clay particles over each other producing a more watertight vessel. In her hand she held a single leaf, burnished gold by the autumnal winds. His armor, once immaculately burnished gold, was now tarnished and dented in a dozen locations. Typically pierced handles and covers were decorated with different shades of matte or burnished gold, or with bronze luster. The inside of the elevator had burnished steel paneling, and the buttons were made of plastic. The narrow and steep stone steps in the pagoda have been burnished and made very smooth. For nearly 30 years Olive Cox burnished the brass and kept St Peter's Church in Little Cheverell spick and span. The motifs lie upon luminous fields of pale color that shift between shades of rose and burnished gold. It was burnished silver, and the eyes of the dragon were indeed tiny emeralds, and the dragon's teeth were made of ivory. The graphite is readily removed during polishing and in this case the cavities can be either burnished over or enlarged. She has a vision of her cattery, its concrete floors burnished like metal. Sunlight tracked a path of sparkling white highlights toward the skyline, a light as harsh as if it were reflecting off burnished metal. On shelves and bookcases around the flat I could see antique spanners, old sextants, shiny brass things, burnished steel telescopes. Water gilding allows the object to be burnished to achieve a polished, shining surface. When dry, the gold is burnished with a hooked or rounded tool called a burnisher. It is well burnished and/or polished and, based on its core colors, had been incompletely oxidized during its firing. Their armor was burnished bright red, and black capes swung over the shoulders and flapped in the light breeze. The telltale blue of their family eyes was gone, and in its place was a deep burnished gold. Synonyms polish (up), shine, brighten, rub up/down, buff (up), smooth, glaze archaic furbish 1.1 Enhance or improve. a man who took advantage of any opportunity to burnish his image Example sentencesExamples I suspect that Malcolm is burnishing his image by carefully creating a colorful persona. It also bought car-freak Rivera the simultaneous opportunities to burnish business ties and score a speed fix for himself. It's about people burnishing and polishing their self-images and their conceptions of how they're regarded by their fellow Man. The more you yearn to launch a war, the more you must strive to burnish your image as someone who craves peace. Well, he was concerned with burnishing his image, the work that he has done over the last seven years, and, as you say, he feels he's left the intelligence community much stronger than he found it. In vain the Communists tried to burnish their image, formally abandoning the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat at their twenty-second party congress in February 1976. Her rust red hair fell in a cascade of ringlets that were burnished gold by the kiss of the sun. Sounds like he's more interested in burnishing his own image. They have thought constantly about each other, but will the real person live up to the idealized image that was burnished into their minds for ten years? The book, it seems, has burnished Howe's reputation brighter than ever. But he intended not merely to burnish that bulldog image, but to vindicate a much grander and somewhat shakier claim to being the architect of total victory over Nazi Germany. It not only burnished the family image but was also his one surpassing business triumph. It's fitting, since Mickelson, 34, has done more than any other golfer to burnish his image as a family guy - and it's bringing in the bucks. We don't use force just to burnish our reputation or to enhance our credibility. Anxious for a return on the investment and for results that may burnish the image of its performance, the Government has advertised an impressive list of the airship's capabilities. As long as people have a good time, as long as the community is burnished with an extra polishing of fellow feeling, an event is successful, right? Bonds hasn't exactly burnished his image, either. For many who desire to burnish their image, money is no object. noun ˈbəːnɪʃˈbərnɪʃ The shine on a highly polished surface. 光泽，光亮 Example sentencesExamples She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still gleamed. The burnish on her medal had begun to fade, and Gunnell had missed her story. It provides operators a cost-effective way to use a combination blade to hard finish concrete floors without any burnish marks. These blades will not leave any burnish marks on a new floor and are suitable for both floating and finishing. And beyond the glitter of opulence, it must also glow with the burnish of remembrance, light up with the luster of nostalgia. ‘Look for coatings with a high degree of burnish resistance to stand up to routine cleaning,’ says Rafie. By the time Israel Zangwill's play of that name was published in 1908, the ‘melting pot’ had acquired all the burnish of an American ideal. Synonyms shine, sheen, lustre, gleam, patina, shininess, glossiness, brightness, brilliance, shimmer, sparkle Derivatives burnisher noun ˈbəːnɪʃəˈbərnɪʃər Finally, burnishing and polishing of the wood is carried out with burnishers and abrasives of varying texture and refinement. Example sentencesExamples For instance, a manufacturer may recommend that its floor covering be maintained with a high-speed burnisher. No former president has had a hankering to be more than a memoirist, or reputation burnisher. With these first impressions, I work back into the plate with a scraper, burnisher and emery paper to enhance the lights and accent the motif. When dry, the gold is burnished with a hooked or rounded tool called a burnisher. Origin Middle English: from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir 'make brown', from brun 'brown'. Rhymes furnish Definition of burnish in US English: burnish verbˈbərnɪʃˈbərniSH [with object]usually as adjective burnished 1Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing. 擦亮 highly burnished armor 擦得锃亮的盔甲。 Example sentencesExamples Their armor was burnished bright red, and black capes swung over the shoulders and flapped in the light breeze. Carefully unwrapping it, she found the hint of dull gold and burnished it on her shirt, the small ruby at the end of the key twinkling in the yellow sunlight. The inside of the pot could also be burnished with a smooth pebble or bone to smear the clay particles over each other producing a more watertight vessel. His armor, once immaculately burnished gold, was now tarnished and dented in a dozen locations. The inside of the elevator had burnished steel paneling, and the buttons were made of plastic. It was burnished silver, and the eyes of the dragon were indeed tiny emeralds, and the dragon's teeth were made of ivory. Typically pierced handles and covers were decorated with different shades of matte or burnished gold, or with bronze luster. On shelves and bookcases around the flat I could see antique spanners, old sextants, shiny brass things, burnished steel telescopes. Sunlight tracked a path of sparkling white highlights toward the skyline, a light as harsh as if it were reflecting off burnished metal. The graphite is readily removed during polishing and in this case the cavities can be either burnished over or enlarged. When dry, the gold is burnished with a hooked or rounded tool called a burnisher. In her hand she held a single leaf, burnished gold by the autumnal winds. It is well burnished and/or polished and, based on its core colors, had been incompletely oxidized during its firing. Water gilding allows the object to be burnished to achieve a polished, shining surface. The motifs lie upon luminous fields of pale color that shift between shades of rose and burnished gold. The telltale blue of their family eyes was gone, and in its place was a deep burnished gold. She has a vision of her cattery, its concrete floors burnished like metal. The narrow and steep stone steps in the pagoda have been burnished and made very smooth. The box was fashioned of antique burnished rosewood, with brass cylinders and myriad bells all working in perfectly refined unison. For nearly 30 years Olive Cox burnished the brass and kept St Peter's Church in Little Cheverell spick and span. Synonyms polish, polish up, shine, brighten, rub down, rub up, buff, buff up, smooth, glaze 1.1 Enhance or perfect (something such as a reputation or a skill). 〈喻〉提高；加强；完善 Example sentencesExamples It's about people burnishing and polishing their self-images and their conceptions of how they're regarded by their fellow Man. In vain the Communists tried to burnish their image, formally abandoning the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat at their twenty-second party congress in February 1976. As long as people have a good time, as long as the community is burnished with an extra polishing of fellow feeling, an event is successful, right? They have thought constantly about each other, but will the real person live up to the idealized image that was burnished into their minds for ten years? I suspect that Malcolm is burnishing his image by carefully creating a colorful persona. But he intended not merely to burnish that bulldog image, but to vindicate a much grander and somewhat shakier claim to being the architect of total victory over Nazi Germany. Well, he was concerned with burnishing his image, the work that he has done over the last seven years, and, as you say, he feels he's left the intelligence community much stronger than he found it. We don't use force just to burnish our reputation or to enhance our credibility. Her rust red hair fell in a cascade of ringlets that were burnished gold by the kiss of the sun. Sounds like he's more interested in burnishing his own image. Anxious for a return on the investment and for results that may burnish the image of its performance, the Government has advertised an impressive list of the airship's capabilities. It not only burnished the family image but was also his one surpassing business triumph. It's fitting, since Mickelson, 34, has done more than any other golfer to burnish his image as a family guy - and it's bringing in the bucks. For many who desire to burnish their image, money is no object. The more you yearn to launch a war, the more you must strive to burnish your image as someone who craves peace. It also bought car-freak Rivera the simultaneous opportunities to burnish business ties and score a speed fix for himself. Bonds hasn't exactly burnished his image, either. The book, it seems, has burnished Howe's reputation brighter than ever. nounˈbərnɪʃˈbərniSH The shine on a highly polished surface. 光泽，光亮 Example sentencesExamples ‘Look for coatings with a high degree of burnish resistance to stand up to routine cleaning,’ says Rafie. The burnish on her medal had begun to fade, and Gunnell had missed her story. And beyond the glitter of opulence, it must also glow with the burnish of remembrance, light up with the luster of nostalgia. By the time Israel Zangwill's play of that name was published in 1908, the ‘melting pot’ had acquired all the burnish of an American ideal. It provides operators a cost-effective way to use a combination blade to hard finish concrete floors without any burnish marks. These blades will not leave any burnish marks on a new floor and are suitable for both floating and finishing. She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still gleamed. Synonyms shine, sheen, lustre, gleam, patina, shininess, glossiness, brightness, brilliance, shimmer, sparkle Origin Middle English: from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir ‘make brown’, from brun ‘brown’.
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