| 单词 | brush |
| 释义 | brush (brʌʃ ) Word forms: brushes , brushing , brushed 1. countable noun A2 A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair. We gave him paint and brushes. Stains are removed with buckets of soapy water and scrubbing brushes. ...a hair brush. 2. verb A2 If you brush something or brush something such as dirt off it, you clean it or tidy it using a brush. Have you brushed your teeth? [VERB noun] She brushed the powder out of her hair. [VERB noun preposition] Using a small brush, he brushed away the fine sawdust. [VERB noun with adverb] Synonyms: clean, wash, polish, scrub Brush is also a noun. I gave it a quick brush with my hairbrush. 3. verb If you brush something with a liquid, you apply a layer of that liquid using a brush. Take a sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter. [VERB noun + with] 4. verb B2 If you brush something somewhere, you remove it with quick light movements of your hands. He brushed his hair back with both hands. [VERB noun with adverb] She brushed away tears as she spoke of him. [VERB noun with adverb] He brushed the snow off the windshield. [VERB noun preposition] 5. verb If one thing brushes against another or if you brush one thing against another, the first thing touches the second thing lightly while passing it. Something brushed against her leg. [VERB preposition] I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder. [VERB noun] She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael's cheek. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: touch, come into contact with, sweep, kiss 6. verb If you brush past someone or brush by them, you almost touch them as you go past them. [written] My father would burst into the kitchen, brushing past my mother. [VERB preposition/adverb] He brushed by with a perfunctory wave to the crowd. [VERB preposition/adverb] 7. countable noun If you have a brush with someone, you have an argument or disagreement with them. You use brush when you want to make an argument or disagreement sound less serious than it really is. [vagueness] My first brush with a headmaster came six years ago. [+ with] It is his third brush with the law in less than a year. [+ with] Synonyms: conflict, fight, clash, set-to [informal] 8. countable noun If you have a brush with a particular situation, usually an unpleasant one, you almost experience it. ...the trauma of a brush with death. [+ with] The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy. [+ with] Synonyms: encounter, meeting, confrontation, rendezvous 9. uncountable noun Brush is an area of rough open land covered with small bushes and trees. You also use brush to refer to the bushes and trees on this land. ...the brush fire that destroyed nearly 500 acres. ...a meadow of low brush and grass. Synonyms: shrubs, bushes, scrub, underwood 10. See also broad-brush, nail brush 11. tarred with the same brush phrase If some people in a group behave badly and if people then wrongly think that all of the group is equally bad, you can say that the whole group is tarred with the same brush. Football supporters all get tarred with the same brush when there's trouble. Phrasal verbs: brush aside phrasal verb If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be. Perhaps you shouldn't brush the idea aside too hastily. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He brushed away my views on politics. [VERB PARTICLE noun] brush off 1. phrasal verb If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you. When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also brush-off brush up phrasal verb B2 If you brush up something or brush up on it, you practise it or improve your knowledge of it. I had hoped to brush up my Spanish. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Eleanor spent much of the summer brushing up on her driving. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Idioms: daft as a brush [British] very silly or stupid She was as daft as a brush, and never said anything sensible. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers tar someone with the same brush to assume that someone behaves as badly as other people in a particular group I am a football supporter and I often have to explain that I'm not one of the hooligan sort, because we all get tarred with the same brush. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: brush back She had her hair brushed back and up away from her face and put on her eggshell white bell bonnet just as she turned to face me. WEB OF DREAMS No.' He brushed back his flyaway hair, again and again, touched his anxious face. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002) Isobel was petite and doll-like, with hennaed auburn hair which she wore brushed back behind her tiny ears. MUSIC FOR BOYS (2002) He stepped back, removed his sweatband, brushed back his hair, and replaced the band neatly. AN OLDER WOMAN (1988) No need to go closer, to ponder carefully, to contemplate brush marks or untease metaphors. Times, Sunday Times Evidence of his feverish brush marks are everywhere about the surface of the painting - how he has dabbed and smeared and pushed and rubbed. Times, Sunday Times Are brush marks visible in the paintwork? Times, Sunday Times Over the course of the film, we see him working on a room-sized frieze of flickering brush marks - a kind of symphony of pure colour. The Times Literary Supplement Then the hyphen of the mouth beneath the brush stroke of a nose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A digital camera would take one brush stroke, containing about 10 microdots. ST With every tree a carefully considered brush stroke in a designer's vision, how could the masterpiece be restored without ruining it? Times, Sunday Times Never underestimate the power of the populist brush stroke. Times, Sunday Times It was not just about mastering a brush stroke. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, get a small acrylic paint brush and apply a strip of balm down the front of the leg. Times, Sunday Times (2012) If you aren't experienced, a paint brush is also easier to control than a roller. The Sun (2016) She will use the roller while you use the paint brush. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995) Apply with a soft, oval-headed powder brush in upward diagonal strokes. Times, Sunday Times It's a great contour tool — use a soft, domed powder brush to tuck in colour under cheekbones and over temples. Times, Sunday Times Applied with a powder brush, it goes on like a luminising foundation. Times, Sunday Times Also, re powder: don't use a giant powder brush for touch-ups. Times, Sunday Times Press loose powder all over the face to set the foundation and brush off any excess with a powder brush. The Sun Then blow-dry your hair using a big rounded brush for extra volume. The Sun (2010) Styling serum and a large round brush were used to make it smooth and glossy. The Sun (2007) Section off the hair in equal thickness so you can work through small sections with a large round brush. The Sun (2010) Brush your teeth twice daily with a soft brush and fluoride toothpaste. The Sun (2015) A soft brush or synthetic scouring pad will loosen the dirt, but don't use anything too abrasive, such as steel wool. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Strip down the camera and clean with compressed air and a soft brush. Photographers Handbook (1993) Scrub the mussels with a stiff brush to remove any dirt. Times, Sunday Times Use a stiff brush to get right into softer surfaces. Times, Sunday Times An hour before cooking, scrub and rinse the clams well with a stiff brush under cold running water until they are free of sand. Times, Sunday Times I applied the smoky colour with a flat, stiff brush over the lower eyelid and up to the socket line then blended well. The Sun Scrub with a stiff brush, leave for the specified time and rinse well. Times, Sunday Times This motion is using the brush like a hair roller. The Sun (2010) Styling serum and a large round brush were used to make it smooth and glossy. The Sun (2007) Using the same wet and used brush head both day and night can be ineffective. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 刷子, 刷 Japanese: ブラシ, ブラシをかける |
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