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词汇 shine
释义
shine
1. noun
1
a black person. Abusive in any context US, 1908.
2
a government bureaucrat. From the shine on the seat of the bureaucrat's trousers US, 1987.
3
alcohol US, 1933.
4
a still used in the illegal production of alcohol US, 1974.
5
an act of oral sex. A possible play on spit and polish as a means of getting a shine; it seems only to have been noted in the plural UK, 2002. take a shine to someoneto take a liking to someone or something US, 1839
2. verb
1
to speak evasively and avoid a subject, often through flattery US, 1993.
2
to mock someone US, 1993.
3
on the railways, to start a work shift US, 1977. shine for someoneto appeal to someone US, 1949. shine onto ignore something completely US, 1981
idiomshinetake the shine off sthto spoil a pleasant or successful occasion by making it seem less good or special:The prospect of tax increases took the shine off the new Prime Minister's first speech to the House of Commons.Tiredness and depression are likely to take the shine off your first days at home with your new baby.take a shine toto decide that you like someone as soon as you first meet or see them, especially if you cannot explain why:My dad's taken quite a shine to you - you ought to come and see us again.When she was three, Helen took a shine to the postman, and used to wait for him to deliver the letters every morning.
phraseshine[shone, shone, shining]
shine out 1. shine out if a light shines out, it shines very brightly, especially from a distance: Just at that moment the clouds parted and the sun shone out. The sitting room door was open and a light was shining out across the stairs.2. shine out BrE to be much better at something than others in a very noticeable way: The overseas division out as the group's star performer last year.+ from A few of the children shone out from all the others. SIMILAR TO: stand out
shine through
shine throughshine through sth if a good quality that someone has shines through, it is easy to notice it: Kindness and humour shone through his letters. Gary's chess talents shone through at an early age, and he won the World Junior Championship.
See:
  • a knight in shining armour
  • as if the sun shines out (someone's) backside
  • be a shining example
  • be a shining example (of someone or something)
  • come rain or shine
  • come rain, come shine
  • from sea to shining sea
  • Happy is the bride that the sun shines on
  • improve the shining hour
  • knight in shining armor
  • knight in shining armor, a
  • Make hay while the sun shines
  • rain or shine
  • rise and shine
  • Rise and shine!
  • shine (one) on
  • shine a spotlight on (someone or something)
  • shine someone
  • shine through
  • shine up to
  • shine up to (one)
  • shined
  • take a fancy to
  • take a shine to
  • take a shine to (someone or something)
  • take a shine to somebody/something
  • take a shine to someone
  • take a shine to, to
  • take the shine off
  • take the shine off something
  • think the sun shines out (someone's) backside
  • where the sun don’t shine
  • where the sun don't shine
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