| 单词 | brush fire |
| 释义 | brush firenouna fire in an area of bushes, shrubs, or brush, as distinct from a forest fire. any small but persistent problem, as within a large organization, a department of a government, or between nations: border skirmishes and other international brush fires. Origin of brush fireAn Americanism dating back to 1770–80 Words nearby brush firebrush broom, brush catheter, brush cut, brush discharge, brushed, brush fire, brush flower, brush-footed butterfly, brushland, brushless, brushmark Definition for brush fire (2 of 2)brush-fire or brush·fire[ bruhsh-fahyuhr ] / ˈbrʌʃˌfaɪər / adjectivelimited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes. Origin of brush-fireFirst recorded in 1945–50 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brush fire
British Dictionary definitions for brush firebrush fire nouna fire in bushes and scrub a minor local war Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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