But the 47-year-old manicurist isn't cutting, filing or polishing as many nails as she'd like to, either.

但是，这位四十七岁的指甲修饰师修剪、锉磨、上油的指甲数量却难遂其愿。

For centuries, Amsterdam was the diamond polishing center of the world.

几世纪以来，阿姆斯特丹一直是世界钻石加工中心。

459. In the company my companion accompanied me until I accomplished polishing the shoes.

在公司，我的同伴一直陪伴着我，直到我完成把鞋子抛光。

Peering inside, he saw the little old lady sitting at her table, polishing a wand.

他往里面窥视着，看见小老太婆正坐在桌边擦拭一根魔杖。

Now Neil, whatever style of shoe you choose to wear, it's good to polish them and keep them looking shiny and new-but one man from India called Vickrant Mahajan, set the Guinness World Record for polishing the most shoes.

那么内尔，不管你选择穿什么风格的鞋子，擦并让它们看起来闪是很好的——但是一个来自印度名叫Vickrant Mahajan的男性创下擦最多鞋子的吉尼斯世界纪录。

However, after the axes had been chipped into shape, they needed water and sand for grinding and polishing, so a high mountainside wouldn't have been an appropriate place for this.

然而，在斧子打造成型后就需要水和沙来磨光，所以高的山坡不适合做此事。

The result was a material that, with some polishing, looked like rhino horn.

结果，经过一些抛光打磨，这种材料看起来就像犀牛角。

The idea sounds yet more curious, but parents too can be adept at polishing their reputations and will insist that they are kind — while simultaneously expending enormous hostility on their thoroughly confused child.

这个想法听上去会令人疑惑，但父母的确也会善于修饰自己的名誉，坚持他们是善良的，同时又对他们年幼无知的孩子施以巨大的敌意。

Then to turn that piece of glass into a final optics takes another two to three years of precision grinding and polishing and testing.

要把这片玻璃变为最终的光学器件还要再花费两到三年时间，对它进行精密地打磨、抛光和测试。

I bet you could imagine yourself polishing off 1,500 calories of pizza and ice cream pretty easily, but 1,500 calories of just lean beef will leave you sweating and struggling to swallow in between deep breaths.

我敢打赌，你能轻松地吃完 1,500 卡路里的披萨和冰淇淋，但面对 1,500 卡路里的瘦牛肉，你会汗流浃背，吃得气喘吁吁。

Diamonds are frequently used for industrial jobs like grinding and polishing, because they're so tough.

金刚石被广泛应用与工业作业中，例研磨和抛光，因为金刚石非常坚硬。

I'm going to start the polishing part.

我要开始抛光部分。

Which made for a near perfect reflection, that needed no polishing.

这可以进行几乎完美的反射，不需要抛光。

" That'd come off, though." muttered Mundungus, polishing it with his cuff.

“那倒是好东西。”蒙顿格斯含混地说，用袖口把杯子擦。

And as a polishing agent in toothpaste. It's everywhere!

硅酸盐还能作为牙膏里的上光剂——哪都有它！

STEVE BRAND, the man who has been polishing his car, stands there speechless, staring upwards.

正在擦车的史蒂夫·布兰德站在那里，盯着上空，惊讶得说不出话。

If it is there and if you notice it, I think you should bring it out as well as you can, polishing it until it shines and then cutting it the way a jeweler would cut a precious or semiprecious stone.

果确有象征，而你也注意到，我想你应该尽将它表现出来，一直到把它打磨得晶光闪，然后同珠宝匠切割宝石一样将它切割成型。

His mother was in the morning room polishing silver.

他的妈妈正在晨间起居室里擦拭银器。

I spent a lot of time polishing that turd, and you get all the benefits.

我花很长时间打磨他这块顽石，结果好处都被你占。

I'm your only customer, why are you always polishing a glass?

这里就我一个客人 为什么你老是在擦玻璃杯？