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 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 through • shine 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.
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