polish: [13] Latin polīre ‘make smooth and shiny’ is the ultimate source of English polish. It passed into Old French as polir, whose stem form was poliss- – whence polish. The element -pol- of English interpolate is related to polīre. => interpolate, polite
polish (v.)
early 14c., polischen "make smooth," from Old French poliss-, present participle stem of polir (12c.) "to polish, decorate, see to one's appearance," from Latin polire "to polish, make smooth; decorate, embellish;" figuratively "refine, improve," said to be from Proto-Indo-European *pel- "to thrust, strike, drive" (via the notion of fulling cloth). The sense of "free from coarseness, to refine" first recorded in English mid-14c. Related: Polished; polishing. Slang polish off "finish" is 1837, from notion of applying a coat of polish being the final step in a piece of work.
polish (n.)
1590s, "absence of coarseness," from polish (v.). From 1704 as "act of polishing;" 1819 as "substance used in polishing."
Polish (adj.)
1670s, from Pole + -ish. Related: Polishness. Polish-American attested from 1898.
例文
1. Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood.
その犠牲者はポーランド人男性のエリートと呼ばれている。
2.The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts.
大統領は、西側がポーランドの債務を免除することを説いた。
3.The opera lacks the polish of his later work.
このオペラは晩期の作品には及ばない。
4.She loved the scent in the house of wax polish .
彼女は家のワックスをかけた匂いが好きだ。
5.He gave his counter a polish with a soft duster.