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词汇 brush
释义 brush
noun
uk /brʌʃ/ us /brʌʃ/

brushnoun (TOOL)


A2[ C ]
an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used for cleaning, arranging your hair, or painting: 刷子;画笔
I can't find my brush, but I still have my comb.我找不到发刷,不过我还有梳子。
You'll need a stiff brush to scrape off the rust.你需要用硬刷子把锈迹刷掉。
a clothes brush衣服刷
a scrubbing (US scrub) brush硬毛刷
a pastry brush软毛刷
 
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A2[ C ]
used as a combining form: (用作构词成分)
a hairbrush发刷
a toothbrush牙刷
a paintbrush油漆刷
B2[ S ]mainly UK
an act of cleaning with a brush: 刷;掸;擦;抹
These shoes need a good brush.这些鞋子需要好好刷一下。
Don't forget to give your hair a brush before you go out.出门前别忘了梳一下头发。
She leaned the brush against the wall.她把刷子靠在墙上。
a shaving brush修面刷
We'll need some wallpaper paste and a big brush.我们需要一些糊墙纸的糨糊和一把大刷子。
Get me a brush and I'll sort your hair out.
a brush stroke毛笔的笔触
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Equipment used for cleaning
bath towel
besom
broom
broomstick
carpet sweeper
fogger
garbage stick
HEPA filter
Hoover
household goods
mop
paper towel
pressure washer
rag
scrubbing brush
vacuum
vacuum cleaner
waste picker
wet wipe
wire brush

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Hair care
Painting & drawing materials
Cleaning & tidying places & things

brushnoun (TOUCH)


[ Cusually singular ]
a quick, light touch: 轻擦,轻碰
He felt the brush of her hand on his.他感觉到她的手轻擦过自己的手。
 a brush with something
a situation in which you experience something, or almost experience something, especially something unpleasant: 和…的小冲突;与…的摩擦
have a brush with deathJim had a brush with death (= was nearly killed) on the motorway.吉姆在高速公路上差点丧命。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Touching & feeling
arm
brush against someone/something
dab at something
felt
fiddle
fiddle (around) with something
get to second baseidiom
graze
handle
kiss
nudge
paw
pet
physical contact
play with something
retexture
second base
tactile
tactilely
touch

brushnoun (BUSHES)


[ U ]US
small, low bushes or the rough land they grow on: 灌木丛
We spotted a jackrabbit hidden in the brush.我们看见一只长耳大野兔躲在灌木丛中。
See also
brush fire
 
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[ U ]US
→ brushwood柴枝
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Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
alpine tundra
bush
Bushman
desert
dust bowl
grassland
heath
heathland
marginal land
moor
mulga
pasture
plain
prairie
the Gobi Desert
veld
virgin
wadi
waste
wasteland

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Bushes & shrubs
Forestry

brushnoun (TAIL)


[ C ]
the tail of a fox狐狸尾巴
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Miscellaneous animal body parts
back end
blowhole
bobtail
caudate
claw
dorsal fin
dorsally
giblets
gill
hind
hindquarters
pincer
pouch
pouched
pseudopod
reticulum
scut
speculum
sting
udder
brush
verb
uk /brʌʃ/ us /brʌʃ/

brushverb (TOUCH)


B2[ I+ adv/prep, T ]
to touch (something) quickly and lightly or carelessly: 轻轻地碰;轻触
brush againstCharlotte brushed against him as she left the room.
His lips gently brushed her cheek and he was gone.他的嘴唇轻触了一下她的脸颊后便离去了。
C1[ T+ adv/prep ]
to move something somewhere using a brush or your hand: (用刷子或手)拂;掸;擦掉
Jackie brushed the hair out of her eyes.杰姬把头发从她眼睛上拨开。
brush something away He brushed away a tear.他拭去一滴泪水。
She stood up and brushed the wrinkles from her dress.她站起来,拉了拉弄皱了的裙子。
She brushed away what looked suspiciously like a tear.
He paused to brush a fly away from his face.
What's the matter?" he asked, brushing a stray hair off his jacket.
Her elbow brushed against the cup, spilling tea everywhere.
She stood up and brushed an insect from her skirt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Touching & feeling
arm
brush against someone/something
dab at something
felt
fiddle
fiddle (around) with something
get to second baseidiom
graze
handle
kiss
nudge
paw
pet
physical contact
play with something
retexture
second base
tactile
tactilely
touch

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Cleaning generally

brushverb (CLEAN)


A2[ T ]
to clean something or make something smooth with a brush: 刷;刷净;刷平顺
brush your teethWhen did he last brush his teeth, she wondered.她想知道他上次是什么时候刷的牙。
brush your hairShe brushed her hair with long, regular strokes.她一下一下有规律地梳着头。
[ + obj + adj ]My trousers got covered in mud, but luckily I was able to brush them clean.我的裤子上沾满了泥,不过幸运的是我能够把它们刷干净。
I can't brush your hair if you don't keep still!
She took her hairbrush from her handbag and began to brush her hair.她从手提包里拿出梳子开始梳理头发。
She brushed her long red hair.她梳理她那长长的红头发。
He hadn't brushed his hair and his clothes were rumpled.他没有梳头,衣服也是皱巴巴的。
She touched up her lipstick and brushed her hair.她补了补唇膏,梳了梳头发。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning generally
brush someone/something off
cleaner
cleaning
cleanse
cleansing
groom
hoovering
mop
pick
pick someone/something up
purification
purifier
rinse
scrub
sponge
spring-cleaning
squeegee
steam-clean
sterilizing
swill

Phrasal verbs


brush someone/something aside
brush someone/something off
brush something off
brush past someone
brush up (on) something

brush | American Dictionary


brush
noun
us/brʌʃ/

brushnoun (TOOL)


[ C ]
any of various utensils consisting of hairs or fibers arranged in rows or grouped together, attached to a handle, and used for smoothing the hair, cleaning things, painting, etc.:
I need a better brush for my hair.
[ C ]
Brush is often used as a combining form:
hairbrush
toothbrush
paintbrush

brushnoun (BUSHES)


[ U ]
low, dense bushes that grow on open land:
The river banks were covered with brush.

brushnoun (TOUCH)


[ Cusually sing ]
A brush with something or someone is a close and usually unpleasant meeting:
The subway system has survived several brushes with bankruptcy.
brush
verb
us/brʌʃ/

brushverb (TOUCH)


[ I/T ]
to touch something lightly:
[ T ]A warm gust of wind brushed my cheek.
[ I ]The cat brushed against my leg.

brushverb (TOOL)


[ T ]
to remove or improve the appearance of something using your hand or a brush:
She brushed a strand of hair from her face.
She brushed her hair.
 brush your teeth
To brush your teeth is to clean them using a small brush and toothpaste.

Phrasal verbs


brush yourself off
brush aside something/someone
brush off something
brush off someone/something
brush up on something

Examples of brush


brush
Thus, in practice, a brush unit would experience rapid acceleration and deceleration, which is not the case in these tests.
They can then be easily picked up with a small moistened paint-brush and transferred at once to the alcohol in the collecting tubes.
Subjects were asked to use the swab as if brushing their teeth for 30-60 s until the device was very wet.
Rehabilitation is about realizing potential, with both a positive attitude and a broad-brush approach.
However, it should be noted that this may be a lower speed than that for a brush unit whilst deployed in a real application.
Leaves on control plants were brushed on the upper surface with a fine paintbrush to simulate manipulation and also enclosed within a clip cage.
When this problem arose, the bubbles were removed by carefully brushing the sensor.
Additionally, protected specimen brush samples of two patients grew >1000 c. f. u./ml of these bacteria.
In routine work it is customary for observers to collect a sample of 50 eggs off the plants of record, brushing off those uncollected.
This brief review paints a broad-brush picture of what has been established in systematic research about correlations between family processes and children's adaptation.
In fact, there are a good many reasons to take the embittered reflections and prejudices of contemporaries seriously, and not to brush them aside.
Ten individuals returned both conventional and antibacterial brushes that yielded colonies.
Between the brush head and the shaft they fitted a strain gauge load cell, which measured the horizontal and vertical force the sweeper was applying.
No surviving bacteria were isolated at 6 days from either type of brush.
Only cells with well-defined brush borders were studied.
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Collocations withbrush


brush

These are words often used in combination with brush.

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bristle brush
Common dog brushes are the bristlebrush, wire pin brush, and the slicker brush.
From
Wikipedia

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broad brush
We have painted on a large canvas, and used broadbrush strokes.
brush fire
In certain instances there may be local brushfire situations.
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Hansard archive

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