| 单词 | brush |
| 释义 | brush (once / 170 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n Use the noun brush when you want to refer to a quick, light touch. If you are comforting someone you don't know well, you can give their arm a quick brush to show sympathy. The noun brush can refer to a thick growth of scrub vegetation. You'll have to clear away the brush if you want to plant a garden there. As a verb, brush can mean to sweep, either literally or metaphorically. You can brush the dirt from the floor, but you can't just brush away your past misdeeds. The verb also means to touch lightly. If you are baking and you brush your hand across your cheek, chances are you'll leave a trail of flour there. WORD FAMILYbrush: brushed, brushes, brushing, brushlike, brushy, underbrush+/brushed: unbrushed/brushing: brushings/underbrush: underbrushes USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, the scopes are brushed and washed with disinfectants in preparation for the next patient. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Brushing aside quibbles about costs, he once advised a colleague: “A few million dollars are lost in the sands of time.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) He painted the border in a rich red and put down his brush. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle Hypo|Hyper bottlebrush a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles bristle brusha brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant clothesbrusha brush used for cleaning clothing hairbrusha brush used to groom a person's hair nailbrusha brush used to clean a person's fingernails paintbrusha brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencilan artist's brush made of sable hairs scrub brush, scrubber, scrubbing brusha brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning shaving brusha brush used to apply lather prior to shaving toothbrushsmall brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth electric toothbrusha toothbrush with an electric motor in the handle that vibrates the head of the brush rigger, rigger brusha long slender pointed sable brush used by artists implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end 2n a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) Hyper tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body 3n the act of brushing your teeth the dentist recommended two brushes a day Syn|Hyper brushing dental care care for the teeth 4n the act of brushing your hair he gave his hair a quick brush Syn|Hyper brushing hair care, haircare, hairdressing care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair 5v rub with a brush, or as if with a brush Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket Hyper rub move over something with pressure 6v clean with a brush She brushed the suit before hanging it back into the closet Hyper clean, make clean make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from 7v remove with or as if with a brush brush away the crumbs brush the dust from the jacket brush aside the objections Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 8v cover by brushing 2brush the bread with melted butter Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 1n contact with something dangerous or undesirable I had a brush with danger on my way to work he tried to avoid any brushes with the police Hyper contact close interaction 2n momentary contact Syn|Hyper light touch touch, touching the event of something coming in contact with the body 3n a minor short-term fight Syn|Hypo|Hyper clash, encounter, skirmish contretemps an awkward clash combat, fight, fighting, scrap the act of fighting; any contest or struggle 4v touch lightly and briefly He brushed the wall lightly Syn|Hypo|Hyper sweep sweep across or over crease, graze, rake scrape gently flicktouch or hit with a light, quick blow shavetouch the surface of lightly touch make physical contact with, come in contact with 5v sweep across or over 3Her long skirt brushed the floor Syn|Hyper sweep sail, sweep move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion n conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor 4Hyper electrical device a device that produces or is powered by electricity n a dense growth of bushes Syn|Hypo|Hyper brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket brake an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant canebrakea dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) spinneya copse that shelters game underbrush, undergrowth, underwoodthe brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest ground cover, groundcoversmall plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor botany, flora, vegetation all the plant life in a particular region or period |
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