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burnish

C2 verb

burnish /ˈbɝnɪʃ/ nghĩa là đánh bóng, làm bóng loáng

Các nghĩa

  1. đánh bóng, làm bóng loáng

    To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

    transitive

    In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.

    Lyke as the larke, vpon the somers day, / Whan Titan radiant burnisshith his bemis bryght, […]

    So forth he came all in a cote of plate, / Burniſht vvith bloudie ruſt; […]

  2. cọ sạch lớp nhung (gạc hươu)

    Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.

    transitive

    The Stagg or Buck burnisheth his head, by rubbing it againſt the trees, Het Hart wrijſt ſijn hooſt tegen de boomen.

  3. làm tăng uy tín, làm nổi bật

    To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.

    figuratively · transitive

    [I]f he is not burnishing thinks he all's Time does lose, / For Sir Jan, Sir Jan, &c. [i.e., no dinner gave a Muse.]

    Purſuit of fame vvith pedants fills our ſchools, / And into Coxcombs burniſhes our Fools; […]

    Bonnie Parker helped burnish her own image.

  4. trở nên bóng loáng, sáng lấp lánh

    To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.

    intransitive

    Hovv you itch Michaell, hovv you burniſh! / VVill not this ſouldiers heat out of your bones yet, / Doe your eyes glovv novv?

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