(1) furniture/floor/shoe/silver polish (2) wax polish (3) I give it a polish now and again.
polish ['pɒlɪʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
v.擦光;磨光;修改;润色; n.光泽剂,擦亮剂;擦亮,磨光;优美,优雅,精良;
n.例子,实例;情况;要求,建议;[法]诉讼手续; vt.举…为例;
adj.先前的;以前的;过早的;(时间上)稍前的; adv.在先,在…以前;
adj.(语言) 非正式的;口语体的;不拘礼节的;友好随便的;
(1) I'll call the restaurant and make a reservation . (2) We have a reservation in the name of Grant. (3) I have serious reservations about his ability to do the job.
(1) to resolve an issue/a dispute/a conflict/a crisis (2) Both sides met in order to try to resolve their differences. (3) He resolved not to tell her the truth.
(1) You'll soon be feeling your old self again (= feeling well or happy again) . (2) He's not his usual happy self this morning. (3) Only with a few people could she be her real self (= show what she was really like rather than what she pretended to be) .
(1) This animal is found in Australia, and nowhere else. (2) There was nowhere for me to sit. (3) ‘Where are you going this weekend? ’ ‘nowhere special. ’
(1) (British English,formal)Are you being attended to, Sir? (= for example, in a shop) (2) A nurse attended to his needs constantly. (3) I have some urgent business to attend to.
(1) Do not disturb (= a sign placed on the outside of the door of a hotel room, office, etc.) (2) She awoke early after a disturbed night. (3) Don't disturb the papers on my desk.
(1) The children quickly got bored with staying indoors. (2) There was a bored expression on her face. (3) I am getting very bored with this entire business.
(1) hollow out the cake and fill it with cream. (2) The squirrel disappeared into a hollow at the base of the tree. (3) She noticed the slight hollows under his cheekbones.
(1) I can't go into details now; it would take too long. (2) The brochure details all the hotels in the area and their facilities. (3) Several of the men were detailed to form a search party.
(1) I'm awfully sorry about that problem the other day. (2) You know, 10 years sounds like an awful long time. (3) We met and I thought he was awful...
awfully [ˈɔ:fli] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.<口>恶劣地;令人嫌恶地;<古>令人畏惧地;令人敬畏地;
n.无能,无力;无才能;无能为力;
n.伸展,扩大;延长,延期;[医]牵引;电话分机;
vt.使人发笑;逗乐;使消遣;娱乐;
(1) She put the baby to her breast. (2) breast cancer (3) breast milk
breast [brest] 📢 UK📢 US
n.乳房,乳腺;胸脯,胸部;心窝,胸怀; vt.升高,攀登;坚毅地面对,与…搏斗;挺胸迎…而上;
adj.热的;辣的;激动的;热门的; vt.使兴奋,使激动; adv.热的;紧迫的; vi.变热;
n.包装材料;包装纸; v.包,裹住(wrap的现在分词); adj.包装用的;
adj.附加的,附属的;依恋的;爱慕的; v.贴上,系,附上( attach的过去式和过去分词);
(1) a naked body (2) naked shoulders (3) They often wandered around the house stark naked (= completely naked) .
(1) There was a complete stranger sitting at my desk. (2) They got on well together although they were total strangers . (3) We've told our daughter not to speak to strangers.
(1) Don't shoot─I surrender. (2) troops shooting at the enemy (3) a serious shooting incident
shoot [ʃu:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n.艺术;艺术作品;(需要技术、工艺的)行业;文艺(包括绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧、文学等); vi.thou art 即 you are,对一人讲话时用; adj.艺术的;(为)艺术家的;艺术品的;具有艺术性的; vt.& vi.[口语](把…)装饰得古色古香,(把…)装饰得古怪而有艺术趣味,把…装饰得有艺术价值;把…加以艺术乔装,使艺术化[仅用于 art up 短语中];
(1) The sessions will enable you to discuss problems with fellow asthma sufferers. (2) This dictionary will enable better international understanding. (3) This is but a foretaste of what the emerging technologies will enable us to do.
(1) An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated. (2) They said they were going to stack the court with anti-abortion judges. (3) They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.