furbish

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɜːbɪʃ/    美 /ˈfɝbɪʃ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To polish or burnish.
  2. To renovate or recondition; to refurbish.
    — I do not indeed suppose that anyone can at this time of day effect that which the sense of all good men failed to effect while he lived--I mean the final killing of those rumours; nor is a plain tale likely to persuade those, with whom idle reports, constantly furbished up, of letters seen in France, weigh more than a consistent life.

词形变化

furbishes present,singular,third-person furbishing participle,present furbished participle,past furbished past

词汇关系

近义词
repair
衍生词
furbisher furbish up refurbish

词源

Etymology tree
Frankish *furbēnbor.
Old French forbirbor.
Middle English furbisshen
English furbish
From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).
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