资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varnished}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Varnishing}.] [Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See
   {Varnish}, n.]
   1. To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces,
      when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table;
      to varnish a painting.

   2. To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair
      appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss
      over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt. ``Beauty doth
      varnish age.'' --Shak.

            Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal. --Milton.

            Cato's voice was ne'er employed To clear the guilty
            and to varnish crimes.                --Addison.

资料来源 : WordNet®

varnished
     adj : having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: {stained}]