polished 音标拼音: [p'ɑlɪʃt]
a . 擦亮的,精练的,优美的
擦亮的,精练的,优美的
polished adj 1 :
perfected or made shiny and smooth ; "
his polished prose ";
"
in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes "; "
freshly polished silver " [
ant : {
unpolished }]
2 :
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience ; "
his polished manner ";
"
maintained an urbane tone in his letters " [
synonym : {
polished },
{
refined }, {
svelte }, {
urbane }]
3 : (
of grains especially rice )
having the husk or outer layers removed ; "
polished rice " [
synonym : {
milled }, {
polished }]
4 : (
of lumber or stone )
to trim and smooth [
synonym : {
dressed },
{
polished }]
Polished \
Pol "
ished \,
a .
Made smooth and glossy ,
as by friction ;
hence ,
highly finished ;
refined ;
polite ;
as ,
polished plate ;
polished manners ;
polished verse .
[
1913 Webster ]
Polish \
Pol "
ish \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Polished };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Polishing }.] [
F .
polir ,
L .
polire .
Cf . {
Polite }, {-
ish }]
1 .
To make smooth and glossy ,
usually by friction ;
to burnish ;
to overspread with luster ;
as ,
to polish glass ,
marble ,
metals ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence ,
to refine ;
to wear off the rudeness ,
coarseness ,
or rusticity of ;
to make elegant and polite ;
as ,
to polish life or manners . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To polish off },
to finish completely ,
as an adversary .
[
Slang ] --
W .
H .
Russell .
[
1913 Webster ]
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "
polished ":
Attic ,
Ciceronian ,
accomplished ,
adept ,
advanced ,
ameliorated ,
archetypical ,
beautified ,
bettered ,
buffed ,
burnished ,
chaste ,
civilized ,
classic ,
clear ,
complete ,
consummate ,
converted ,
courtly ,
cultivated ,
cultured ,
dainty ,
debonair ,
delicate ,
developed ,
direct ,
discriminating ,
distingue ,
easy ,
educated ,
elegant ,
embellished ,
enhanced ,
enriched ,
excellent ,
exemplary ,
exhaustive ,
expert ,
fastidious ,
faultless ,
fine ,
finished ,
flawless ,
fully developed ,
fully realized ,
furbished ,
genteel ,
gentle ,
gentlemanlike ,
gentlemanly ,
gifted ,
glace ,
glassy ,
glazed ,
gleaming ,
glistening ,
glossy ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
gracious ,
highbred ,
impeccable ,
improved ,
lacquered ,
ladylike ,
limpid ,
lucid ,
lustrous ,
masterful ,
masterly ,
mature ,
matured ,
model ,
natural ,
neat ,
nice ,
outstanding ,
pellucid ,
perfect ,
perfected ,
perspicuous ,
plain ,
polite ,
proficient ,
pure ,
quintessential ,
refined ,
reformed ,
restrained ,
ripe ,
ripened ,
round ,
rubbed ,
satiny ,
sheeny ,
shellacked ,
shined ,
shining ,
shiny ,
silken ,
silky ,
simple ,
sleek ,
slick ,
smarmy ,
soignee ,
sophisticated ,
straightforward ,
subtle ,
superb ,
superior ,
superlative ,
tasteful ,
terse ,
thorough ,
transfigured ,
transformed ,
trim ,
unaffected ,
unlabored ,
urbane ,
varnished ,
velvety ,
virtuoso ,
well -
bred ,
well -
brought -
up ,
well -
mannered
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