| 单词 | to brush down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto brush down c. with complement, as to brush (a thing) clean, etc., to brush down, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > clean by brushing or sweeping [verb (transitive)] swopec1000 sweepa1300 brusha1475 streak1492 soop?a1500 to brush upa1600 besom1791 broom1838 to brush down1839 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 24 His hair..was brushed stiffly up from a low protruding forehead. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 279 Sweeping away all dead leaves, and frequently brushing down the shelves. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 70 His broad hands smoothed her head, as fain to brush it free From fancies. < as lemmas |
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