单词 | brush |
释义 | Word Frequency brush 1(brʌʃ) noun 1. a device made of bristles, hairs, wires, etc, set into a firm back or handle: used to apply paint, clean or polish surfaces, groom the hair, etc 2. the act or an instance of brushing 3. a light stroke made in passing; graze 4. a brief encounter or contact, esp an unfriendly one; skirmish 5. the bushy tail of a fox, often kept as a trophy after a hunt, or of certain breeds of dog 6. an electric conductor, esp one made of carbon, that conveys current between stationary and rotating parts of a generator, motor, etc 7. a dark brush-shaped region observed when a biaxial crystal is viewed through a microscope, caused by interference between beams of polarized light verb 8. (transitive) to clean, polish, scrub, paint, etc, with a brush 9. (transitive) to apply or remove with a brush or brushing movement brush the crumbs off the table 10. (transitive) to touch lightly and briefly 11. (intransitive) to move so as to graze or touch something lightly Derived forms brusher (ˈbrusher) noun brushlike (ˈbrushˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French broisse, perhaps from broce brush2Word Frequency brush 2(brʌʃ) noun 1. a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub 2. land covered with scrub 3. broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood 4. wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods Word origin C16 (dense undergrowth), C14 (cuttings of trees): from Old French broce, from Vulgar Latin bruscia (unattested) brushwood |
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