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refined 音标拼音: [rəf'ɑɪnd] [rɪf'ɑɪnd] a. 精炼的,优雅的,精细的 精炼的,优雅的,精细的 refined adj 1: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" [ant: {unrefined}] 2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [synonym: {refined}, {processed}] [ant: {crude}, {unprocessed}, {unrefined}] 3: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [synonym: {polished}, {refined}, {svelte}, {urbane}] 4: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [synonym: {elegant}, {graceful}, {refined}] 5: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" [synonym: {neat}, {refined}, {tasteful}] Refine \Re*fine"\ (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refined} (-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refining}.] [Pref. re- fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner.] 1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar. [1913 Webster] I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings. [1913 Webster] Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble. [1913 Webster] Refined \Re*fined"\ (-f?nd"), a. Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. [1913 Webster] Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. --Peacham. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*fin"ed*ly} (r?*f?n"?d*l?), adv. -- {Re*fin"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] 257 Moby Thesaurus words for "refined":
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