• n. 亮光漆，清漆；虛飾；光澤面
• vt. 裝飾，粉飾；在…上涂清漆；使…有光澤

來自拉丁語vernix,芳香樹脂，可能來自希臘語Berenike，利比亞古城名，原產地，其字面意思為bring victory(Nike).

varnish

varnish: [14] Varnish may come ultimately from Berenice (Greek Bereníkē), the name of a city in Cyrenaica, Libya, which was credited with the first use of varnishes. Bereníkē became a generic term in medieval Greek, and is thought to lie behind medieval Latin veronix ‘resin used in varnishes’, which passed into English via Old French vernis.

varnish (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French vernis "varnish" (12c.), from Medieval Latin vernix "odorous resin," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Late Greek verenike, from Greek Berenike, name of an ancient city in Libya (modern Bengasi) credited with the first use of varnishes. The town is named for Berenike II, queen of Egypt (see Berenice). Figurative sense of "specious gloss, pretense," is recorded from 1560s.

varnish (v.)

late 14c.; see varnish (n.). Related: Varnished; varnishing. Century Dictionary defines varnishing day as "A day before the opening of a picture exhibition on which exhibitors have the privilege of retouching or varnishing their pictures after they have been placed on the walls." The custom is said to date to the early years of 19c.

1. Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it.

在紙板上涂兩三層清漆使其變硬。

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2. Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish.

打磨木頭的表面，為刷清漆做準備。

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3. You will need to apply three coats of varnish.

需要刷三層清漆。

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4. Varnish the table with two or three coats of water-based varnish.

給桌子上兩到三層的水性清漆。

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5. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.

他取出了小提琴，它表面的清漆已出現裂縫，還起了浮泡。

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