单词 | gush |
释义 | gush (gʌʃ ) Word forms: gushes , gushing , gushed 1. verb When liquid gushes out of something, or when something gushes a liquid, the liquid flows out very quickly and in large quantities. Piping-hot water gushed out. [VERB adverb/preposition] A supertanker continues to gush oil off the coast of Spain. [VERB noun] Synonyms: flow, run, rush, flood 2. singular noun A gush of liquid is a sudden, rapid flow of liquid, or a quantity of it that suddenly flows out. I heard a gush of water. [+ of] Synonyms: stream, flow, rush, flood 3. verb If someone gushes, they express their admiration or pleasure in an exaggerated way. 'Oh, it was brilliant,' he gushes. [VERB with quote] He gushed about his love for his wife. [VERB preposition] gushing adjective He delivered a gushing speech. Synonyms: effusive, enthusiastic, extravagant, fulsome 4. singular noun [NOUN of noun] You can use gush in expressions such as a gush of enthusiasm to refer to a sudden intense feeling or an expression of a feeling. She felt a gush of pure affection for her mother. Their initial gush of sympathy gradually dried up. Collocations: water gushes Except they get jammed and all day long gorgeous hot water gushes away unused. Times, Sunday Times Sit on the bend in the river and be surrounded by trees as water gushes furiously over weirs. Times, Sunday Times The fountains look brilliant when water gushes out of them in perfect harmonization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The canal water gushes from above into the garden; fragrance pervades the walkways, streams of water as numerous as the stars of heaven flow in the pleasure garden... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 涌出, 涌流 Japanese: ほとばしる, ほとばしり |
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