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brush 1 AHD[brŭsh] D.J.[brʌʃ]K.K.[brʌʃ]n.（名词）- A device consisting of bristles fastened into a handle, used in scrubbing, polishing, or painting.刷子；画笔：把刚毛绑牢在一根手柄上，可作擦洗、上光或绘画之用
- The act of using this device.用刷子刷；用笔画：使用这种装置的行为
- A light touch in passing; a graze.轻触；轻拂
- A bushy tail:毛茸茸的尾巴：the brush of a fox.一只狐狸的毛茸茸的尾巴
- A sliding connection completing a circuit between a fixed and a moving conductor.电刷：连接一个固定的导体和移动的导体，使电路通畅的滑动物体
- A snub; a brushoff.冷落；断然拒绝
v.（动词）brushed, brush.ing, brush.es v.tr.（及物动词）- To clean, polish, or groom with a brush.用刷子清洗，擦亮，刷
- To apply with or as if with motions of a brush.用刷子涂抹
- To remove with or as if with motions of a brush.拭去，除去
- To dismiss abruptly or curtly:不客气地打发走，把…撇在一边：brushed the matter aside; brushed an old friend off.把事情搁在一边不予理睬；不理会老朋友
- To touch lightly in passing; graze against.经过时轻触；轻擦
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To use or apply a brush.刷，拂拭
- To move past something so as to touch it lightly.擦过，掠过
brush up - To refresh one's memory.重温，再练
- To renew a skill.更新技术，改善
- Middle English brusshe 中古英语 brusshe
- from Old French brosse [brushwood, brush] * see brush 2源自 古法语 brosse [灌木丛，灌木] * 参见 brush2
brushʹer n.（名词）brushʹy adj.（形容词）brush, flick, glance, graze, shave, skim- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to make light and momentary contact with something in passing": 这些动词共同的主要意义是：“经过时与物体轻微短暂地接触一下”： her arm brushing mine;她的胳膊轻轻地碰了一下我的胳膊；flicked the paper with his finger;用他的手指轻轻掸了一下纸；an arrow that glanced off the tree;掠过那棵树的箭；a knife blade grazing the countertop;轻轻擦着厨房里工作台面的刀刃；a taxi that shaved the curb;轻轻挨着路缘行驶的出租车；an oar skimming the surface of the pond. 划过池塘水面的桨
brush 2 AHD[brŭsh] D.J.[brʌʃ]K.K.[brʌʃ]n.（名词）- A dense growth of bushes or shrubs.灌木丛，小树丛
- Land covered by such a growth.丛林地带
- Cut or broken branches.砍下或断落的树枝
- Middle English brusshe 中古英语 brusshe
- from Old French brosse [brushwood] 源自 古法语 brosse [灌木丛]
- from Vulgar Latin *bruscia 源自 俗拉丁语 *bruscia
- perhaps from Latin bruscum [knot on a maple] 可能源自 拉丁语 bruscum [槭树上的节疤]
brushʹy adj.（形容词）
brush 3 AHD[brŭsh] D.J.[brʌʃ]K.K.[brʌʃ]n.（名词）- A brief, often hostile or alarming encounter:小冲突：短暂，但通常带有敌意或警告性的接触：a brush with the law; a brush with death.轻微的犯法行为；触及死亡
- Middle English 中古英语
- from brushen [to hasten, rush] 源自 brushen [赶紧，冲]
- probably from brusshe [brush] * see brush 1可能源自 brusshe [小争吵] * 参见 brush1
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